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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Amnesty International urged Mali’s authorities to disclose the fate of pro-democracy politician Mountaga Tall and his son, calling it a human rights case of enforced disappearance.
Amnesty International said Peru’s prosecutors closed the human rights investigation into the forced sterilization of 4,172 women in the 1990s and urged the decision be reversed.
A federal judge temporarily barred ICE from deporting detained Afghan immigrants to Pakistan or Afghanistan, as the Taliban foreign ministry raised diplomatic concern over the migration flights.
A federal judge ordered advance notice before any Iranian immigrants are deported, after the AP reported U.S. deportation talks with Iran. The case raises migration and diplomatic questions.
Three in four refugees live in countries facing high to severe climate hazards, UNHCR said in a report ahead of COP31, raising human rights and migration concerns for displaced people.
Australia, as President of Negotiations, will steer climate talks at COP31 in Antalya from Nov. 9 to 20, while Türkiye holds the presidency in a shared diplomacy arrangement.
South Korea will deploy maritime patrol aircraft and an ordnance-disposal team near Hormuz to protect shipping while ruling out troop intervention in the Iran war.
Tonga declared drought across its major islands and Papua New Guinea faces a dry spell as El Niño strengthens across Oceania, with a climate peak forecast around December.
European Parliament members urged a binding EU ban on trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements, saying labels and partial measures are not enough.
One year after the RSF took El Fasher, fewer than 70,000 people remain as drone strikes hit 15-plus substations and U.N. talks are eyed before Christmas.
Tokyo may write an emergency U.S. nuclear port-call exception into its National Security Strategy by year-end while keeping the three non-nuclear principles.
Iran daily briefing Nov. 6: nuclear proposal via Qatar, Rezaei in Moscow, Mashhad death sentences, a 20% energy cut order, and the rial at 268,500 tomans.
Iran sent a nuclear proposal via Qatar as Rezaei told Putin Hormuz stays shut until seven U.S. conditions are met; Mashhad courts added protest death sentences.
Houthi missile Madinah attempt: Saudi-led defenses claim an intercept as Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and the GCC condemn the launch. Analysis inside.
Ukraine power plants: Zelenskyy says every plant is damaged and seeks Latin American repair gear as the EU disburses €4.36B. Charts and analysis inside.
Middle East de-escalation talks: Trump phones Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim on Iran mediation, Hormuz navigation and a comprehensive deal. Analysis inside.
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