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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South Korea’s birth rebound lifted fertility to 0.80 in 2025. Official data show improvement, but births remain far below 2015 and motherhood is later.
BOJ ETF sales will accelerate in January 2027. Takaichi wants profits to help finance investment, but book value, sale proceeds and Treasury income differ.
Japan’s cybersecurity package adds emergency funding, AI-assisted checks and rescue teams after data breaches; implementation and reporting rules are next.
WTA Finals 2026 preview: Indian Wells hosts the top eight from Nov. 8-15, with Gauff and Pegula meeting on day one and $10 million in prize money at stake.
Eurofighter Typhoon exports could top 200 more jets, the consortium says, with Saudi Arabia, Austria and Turkey leading prospects that are not yet orders.
Canada's food banks had a record 2.35 million visits in March 2026, up 8.7% in a year, HungerCount 2026 found. Some are running out before everyone is served.
Bangladesh signed for an additional $140 million from the World Bank's IDA for the Chattogram Water Supply Improvement Project, with no interest and a six-year grace period.
Kenyan jurist Phoebe Okowa won a full nine-year term on the International Court of Justice in United Nations voting, and the African Union chief congratulated her.
The African Union Peace and Security Council and the EU Political and Security Committee held their annual joint retreat in Addis Ababa on maritime security, terrorism and AI.
The G20 leaders' summit at Trump National Doral on Dec. 14-15 has been designated a National Special Security Event, and Doral has announced park closures and virtual school days.
Egypt signed a $1 billion World Bank development policy financing agreement, the second of three packages backing reforms in social protection, climate and utilities.
The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum ended in New Delhi with a joint declaration backing Security Council reform, condemning terrorism and opposing unilateral sanctions.
The United Nations Security Council extended the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to Oct. 31, 2027, and dropped its task of monitoring rural reform under the 2016 peace deal.
Britain's Home Office said it will create an independent watchdog and new laws for police use of facial recognition, plus a legal code for businesses such as shops.
African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf called for more transparent political parties and wider roles for women and youth at the Second African Political Parties Summit.
A World Bank report found India's extreme poverty rate fell from 27.1% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2023, lifting about 496 million people, while economists questioned what the figures show.
The United Nations General Assembly will meet Nov. 10 on a veto cast in the Security Council on Oct. 30 over the Western Sahara peacekeeping mission, MINURSO.
The European Commission's 2026 Enlargement Package said Montenegro could provisionally close its remaining EU accession chapters by year-end and set roadmaps for Albania, Moldova and Ukraine.
Ghana will apply to join BRICS as a partner country, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said, and Russia's Sergey Lavrov pledged to back the bid.
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