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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At AUSA 2026, Gen. Ron Clark cited the Pacific's 'tyranny of distance' and Gen. Christopher LaNeve warned power projection from the U.S. will be contested.
Saudi Arabia postponed its Oct. 26-29 investor summit to 2027 as the Houthis claimed six new attacks on Aramco facilities, airports and military sites.
Rubio says troops are "surging on both sides" of the frontier, weeks after fighting resumed in Tigray and Eritrean forces were reported inside Ethiopia.
Sixteen ballistic missiles and 269 drones hit Ukraine overnight, damaging more than 10 energy facilities, as Kyiv and Washington clash over missing early warnings.
Three ballistic missiles hit a government training camp near Ataq in Yemen's Shabwa province, killing at least 18, in the latest Houthi strike on the south.
Iran war update for Oct. 19, 2026: Trump's warning, a third IRGC mine claim in Hormuz, oil above $105, Iran's ceasefire plan and Lavrov's Tehran visit.
A Starshield speed limit cut links for Ukrainian drones above 160 km/h. Musk says the U.S. military and Trump decide such curbs; service is partly restored.
Karakoram 2026, the first China-Pakistan joint army training, opened in Korla, Xinjiang, with drone, sniping and high-altitude counterterrorism drills.
Kabila FRN: Congo's former president now leads a new front that absorbs the M23 rebels, announced in Goma with a pledge to end 'tyranny' by force if needed.
MOAB Iran strike plans: CNN says the U.S. drafted options to use the 'mother of all bombs' on Iranian energy and nuclear sites, including Pickaxe Mountain.
Russian attack on Ukraine energy sites cut power to 600,000 days after Trump's energy ceasefire; Starlink limits and Rutte's air defense plea explained.
A PLA combat readiness patrol near Taiwan sent 13 sorties, 11 across the median line, on Oct. 14 during China's live-fire week. The numbers and context.
Houthi Kheibar Shekan missile effort used Chinese-made motor, airframe and fin parts seized in 2025, per CAR data; range could reach all of Saudi Arabia.
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