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.
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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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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin has exhausted its capacity to send Ukraine more Patriot systems for now, according to a Nov. 7 report.
Safeguard Defenders said Nov. 6 that China runs 1,247 designated liaison points in at least 91 countries to watch the diaspora, the Taipei Times reported.
A Kenyan court on Nov. 6 sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years for 191 murders after followers were told to starve themselves to meet Jesus.
France's Interior Ministry counted 146,000 protesters Nov. 7; unions said 250,000. Police fired tear gas in Paris and Lyon on the fourth straight weekend.
A Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh was damaged Nov. 8 by falling shrapnel, the energy ministry said, after Saudi-led forces intercepted Houthi missiles.
Herzog told Gadi Eisenkot on Nov. 7 he will task him with forming Israel's next government. He has 28 days to build a majority as Netanyahu urges unity.
Yemeni officials told AFP Syria will send about 3,000 troops against the Houthis. Damascus called reports of troops sent “entirely unfounded” on Nov. 7.
A U.S. aircraft fired on the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman on Nov. 7 after it tried to break the Iran blockade, CENTCOM said.
CENTCOM set up Task Force Iron Gate on Nov. 7, a Tampa team of about 20 tracking weapons and illicit cargo crossing Iran's land borders and the Caspian.
The Pentagon announced about $1.6 billion in contracts on Nov. 6, including two $500 million Army Corps emergency deals and $222 million for USS Gridley.
A Pentagon task force trained Air Force defenders and Secret Service agents on Bumblebee V2 and Paladin counter-drone systems at MacDill AFB in October.
The Defense Logistics Agency committed $2 billion in fiscal 2026 for strategic and critical materials for the National Defense Stockpile, DLA said Nov. 6.
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