Saudi Arabia pumped 10.563 million barrels a day in October, OPEC said, as the U.S. average gas price fell to $3.94, its first time under $4 in months.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths, its health ministry said Nov. 11, as Kenya began a 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
Spain held its first general strike in 14 years on Nov. 11 over housing costs. Masked groups clashed with police in Barcelona as 120,000 marched in Madrid.
Cost of living by country for mid-2026: the most expensive and cheapest nations, the biggest changes over the year and official inflation, with charts.
Russia hit six major power substations overnight, Kyiv said, a second night of strikes that left outages in eight regions and darkened city streetlights.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large prisoner exchange as Abu Dhabi talks ended Wednesday with no breakthrough. Envoys go to Moscow and Dublin Thursday.
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Malaysia Myanmar repatriation began with about 1,500 returns as the UN warns of danger, a day after a Kyauktaw airstrike reportedly killed 50. What to know.
Morocco’s first female prime minister, Fatima Zahra El Mansouri: who she is, how the king chose her, and the coalition math she faces in a 395-seat parliament.
Strait of Hormuz talks: Iran’s foreign minister met Qatari mediators as the U.S. demands nuclear progress. Key facts, sticking points and what comes next.
Russia’s 2027 defense budget would jump 27% to 17.1 trillion rubles, about $203 billion, Reuters reported, as Moscow plans for a prolonged war economy.
US forces exit Iraq as the last coalition troops leave Erbil, ending Operation Inherent Resolve amid fears militias and Islamic State could fill a vacuum.
A guided bomb in a Kharkiv apartment strike injured 22 people, including six children, as Russian attacks across Ukraine killed eight people the day before.
Venezuela Supreme Court reform panel agreed by the interim government and opposition, as rights groups report 39 political prisoners freed after Caracas talks.
Sudan army captures Sodari in North Kordofan from the RSF, extending a westward push toward Darfur amid prisoner-killing claims and RSF defections to the army.
Russia strikes Kyiv data centers and Kyivstar’s headquarters as daytime drone attacks kill three in Sumy and Kharkiv and injure nine in Ukraine’s capital.
Iran Hormuz plan rejected by Trump; Araghchi says Tehran is fully prepared for war to resume but still awaits a formal U.S. reply via Qatar, Oman and Pakistan.
Yemen government forces intensified Yemen Taiz Houthi fighting with air and ground assaults as Saudi defenses downed missiles and drones bound for Riyadh.
Taipei said Washington understands its defense needs as a $14 billion Taiwan arms package stays on hold after the Trump-Xi summit, following a 2025 record sale.
Overnight Israel Lebanon strikes hit Tyre and Nabatieh after the IDF said a Hezbollah explosive drone targeted troops, straining the June framework deal.
In rare Germany Russia Lavrov talks at the UN, Berlin pressed Moscow to end the Ukraine war, halt hybrid attacks on Europe, and reopen Black Sea grain routes.
The US is withholding Sudan’s al-Burhan UN visa unless he accepts Massad Boulos’s 90-day ceasefire, as State questions SAF and RSF leaders’ legitimacy.
China and Russia protested Japan’s Typhon drills on Kyushu; Guo Jiakun called it a strategic offensive weapon as systems may move to post-drill storage.
Iran’s Pezeshkian called Trump a bully at UNGA while signaling dialogue readiness and Hormuz reopen terms tied to lifting a blockade and frozen assets.
Russia hit Kyiv with overnight ballistic missiles on Sep 24 after Zelenskyy’s UN speech, killing about two and wounding eight near a maternity hospital.
Ethiopia Tigray fighting resumed on Sept. 23, 2026, straining the Pretoria peace deal as UN chief Guterres urged restraint while leaders spoke at UNGA.
Ukraine presses an energy ceasefire with Russia at the UN on Sept. 23, 2026, after Zelenskyy meets Trump and Burnham amid deadly drone strikes on Kyiv.
What the IRGC is: how Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps formed after 1979, what its Quds Force does, and why Western governments accuse it of backing militants.
Analysts and military officials say the IRGC's 'Axis of Resistance' network, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, has lost reach in the last two months.
North Korea test-fired cruise missiles from a new naval destroyer, with Kim Jong Un overseeing the launch, according to state media and international reports.
The Pentagon warns North Korean troops training in Russia may join the war in Ukraine. What Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said and what it could mean.
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