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Veteran’s Day 2026
The American ocean liner SS United States is sunk off Florida to become the world’s largest artificial reef. (Pensacola News Journal)
The German cabinet approves draft legislation establishing a strategic natural gas reserve of 24 terawatt-hours, equivalent to approximately 10% of national storage capacity, to maintain gas supplies during emergencies. (AFP via France 24)
The German defence ministry announces that the Bundeswehr will discontinue using Chinese-made drones for military training and exercises, replacing them with German or other European models to address security concerns. (AP) (Reuters)
Former Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi escapes house arrest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while awaiting extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence for kidnapping and membership in an armed group. Argentine security forces search for him. (AFP via France 24)
Kenyan president William Ruto signs a deal for Sudan to lift its 20-month ban on imports of tea from Kenya. (Business Daily Africa)
The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court fines Meta Platforms R$7.5 million (US$1.34 million) for failing to comply with judicial orders concerning the 2026 presidential election, while finding insufficient evidence of deliberate electoral interference. (AFP via Le Monde)
Cybersecurity firm CloudSek reports that the Kazakhstan-linked hacker group Silent Lynx used an autonomous agent to breach Tajikistan’s government database and steal more than 2,000 national security-related documents. (Reuters)
Portugal closes approximately 8,000 schools nationwide and suspends non-essential public services as Storm Charles approaches. The second day of the Web Summit in Lisbon is also cancelled. (AP) (Deadline)
Ten police personnel, including two senior officers, are killed in a clash after insurgents ambushed police vehicles in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
More than 6,000 schools across Italy are evacuated following bomb threats. (BBC News)
Two people are arrested in connection with an explosive attack on the headquarters of Colombian broadcaster RCN Televisión in Cali, Valle del Cauca. (AFP via Gulf News)
Polish president Karol Nawrocki and at least 500,000 people participate in the annual patriotic march celebrating the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland. (Zero)
Pope Leo XIV leaves Argentina and arrives in Peru. Peru unveils a 14-meter statue, described as the world’s tallest of the pontiff. (IJR)
Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
Police arrest an American soldier near Gloucester, England, on suspicions of espionage activity in connection with Russia. (DW)
The United States Food and Drug Administration orders manufacturers of GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, originally intended for the treatment of type 2 diabetes but also commonly used for weight loss, to add warnings that use of such drugs may increase the risk of developing non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, an optic nerve disorder that can cause permanent blindness. (BBC News) (Reuters)
The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service kills a female grizzly bear and her three cubs after DNA evidence confirmed that the bears killed a mother and daughter near Bella Coola, Canada. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
A third round of United States-mediated talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations begins in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, focusing on the humanitarian impact of the war, prisoners of war, and security guarantees. Earlier in the day, the American and Ukrainian teams held a separate meeting with representatives of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the European Commission, and NATO. (The Guardian)
El Salvador announces it has launched a joint military operation with the Haitian police against the 400 Mawozo gang, in which 20 people are killed and a house linked to its leader, Wilson Joseph, is destroyed. (Al Jazeera)
A military court in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sentences 66 soldiers to death on charges of cowardice, mutiny, and failure to obey orders, after they were arrested following clashes with Front for the Refoundation of the Nation rebels. (DW)
Eight people, including five workers and two police reservists, are killed by suspected al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County, Kenya, near the border with Somalia, during an ambush against a vehicle. (Reuters)
The Venezuelan National Assembly unanimously approves a reform of the electricity law which allows private companies and joint ventures to invest in the nationalised electricity sector, which the government has controlled since 2007. (AFP via RFI)
The Monetary Authority of Singapore launches a gold reserve service for foreign central banks, international financial institutions, and sovereign entities, and announces expanded tax exemptions for wholesale gold services. ) (Reuters)
Twelve people are killed and at least 46 others are seriously injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving over 50 trucks and cars on the Trakia A1 motorway near Yambol, Bulgaria. (Al Jazeera)
Five schoolgirls are killed and 21 others are injured when a school bus plunges into a pond in Kandal province, Cambodia. (AP)
The Thai cabinet approves new environmental regulations for data centers, including limits on noise and temperature increases, requirements for cooling-water recycling and testing, and industrial zoning for facilities consuming more than 20 megawatts. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Indonesian police detain 154 people following clashes with protesters in Yogyakarta. The Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute reports that two people are hospitalized and 13 others remain uncontactable. (AFP via New Straits Times)
The British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overturns provisions criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual activity between adults in Trinidad and Tobago, ruling them unconstitutional following a legal challenge by activist Jason Jones. (CNN)
An explosive device kills a police officer and his K9 dog and injures another while they were responding to a shooting in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. (AP) (BBC News)
British news outlets The Guardian and ITV News identify comedian and author David Walliams as the subject of sexual misconduct allegations after the High Court of Justice rejects his attempt to prevent their publication. Walliams denies the allegations. (CNN) (RTÉ News)
Indonesian vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka announces his intention to resign following controversies about the authenticity of his high-school diploma. (Reuters)
AI boom Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces plans to introduce mandatory safeguards for artificial intelligence companies, including security incident reporting and independent model evaluations, and establish a new regulatory body to oversee compliance. (AFP) (ABC News)
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The military court in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sentences 66 soldiers to death on charges of cowardice, mutiny, and failure to obey orders, after they were arrested following clashes with Front for the Refoundation of the Nation rebels. (DW)
Monday, November 9th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
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2026 Booker Prize English author M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for his post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything. (The Guardian)
English actor Russell Brand is sentenced to 10 years and 6 months imprisonment for one rape and three counts of sexual assault. (CNN)
The Chinese commerce ministry extends the suspension of export restrictions on certain rare earths, industrial diamonds, and lithium battery technology to January 10, 2027, amid ongoing trade negotiations with the United States. (Reuters)
The 24-year-old man who opened fire in Kraków’s Main Square, in Poland, two days ago, dies at a hospital after being seriously injured in a shootout with police. (Al Jazeera)
The Wall Street Journal reports that the United States has evacuated aircraft from the RAF Mildenhall base in the United Kingdom, citing threats from Iran. (Reuters)
The 24-year-old man responsible for the drive-by mass shooting at the Main Square in Kraków, Poland, two days ago, which killed six people and injured 16 others, dies at a hospital after being seriously wounded in a shootout with police. (Al Jazeera)
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, United Kingdom, returns the remains of 39 Naga people, collected during the British Raj, to a delegation from Nagaland, India, following six years of discussions over repatriation. (AFP via France 24)
Paraguayan president Pedro Alliana appoints economist Jorge Schreiner to lead the central bank following Ueno Bank‘s collapse. The Senate approves Schreiner’s appointment. (Reuters)
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission issues fines of ₩331.1 billion (US$247 million) for Woowa Brothers and ₩300.8 billion ($222 million) for Coupang, finding that their food-delivery platforms restricted competition by requiring restaurants to match rival platforms’ terms. (AFP via France 24)
Seventeen people are killed and twelve others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Aliağa, Turkey. (BBC News)
At least five people are reported missing after two boats collide off the coast of Trinidad. Search and rescue operations are underway by the Trinbagonian Coast Guard. (AP)
Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides and Northern Cypriot president Tufan Erhürman agree to establish two additional crossings across the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus and hold further peace negotiations. (Reuters)
Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta ceases operations as it closes its offices in Moscow, citing pressure from Russian authorities and security services, including restrictions on its operations, loss of media registration, and blocked donations. (AP)
In college football, the College Football Playoff announces it will expand from 12 to 24 teams starting in the 2027 season. (ESPN)
Sunday, November 8th, 2026
In Formula racing, Mercedes-Benz wins its ninth World Constructors’ Championship after drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the São Paulo Grand Prix. (Daily Tribune)
NVIDIA announces it is opening an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after American intelligence reported that a close associate of Huang was a spy for China. Huang admitted to an extramarital affair with the associate in a letter to the company earlier in the day. (BBC News)
At least five people are killed, including four children, and several injured people are rescued after heavy rain and flooding caused a sandbank to collapse in Deir el-Balah, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
Several floors of Aramco Tower, a skyscraper owned by Saudi Aramco located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, are damaged after a Houthi ballistic missile is intercepted over the city by Saudi air defense systems. No casualties or injuries are reported. (Al Jazeera)
Iranian state media reports that explosions are heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz after reporting that the U.S. military fired projectiles. (Middle East Eye)
Production is temporarily suspended at the Khor Mor gas field in Iraqi Kurdistan after a liquefied petroleum gas storage tank at the site is hit by a drone. No group claims responsibility for the attack. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
Three people are arrested as pro-Palestine protesters are confronted by pro-Israel counterprotesters in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, amidst a boycott of six Jewish-owned restaurants targeted by a cycling club over their support of Israel. (NBC News)
Mexican Navy personnel, working with intelligence from the National Intelligence Center and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, arrest Rafael Álvarez Ayala, the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel cell “Los Rs”, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. He is wounded in a shootout during the operation and is wanted on a Michoacán warrant for aggravated homicide. (Al Jazeera)
A train derails near El Ayyat, Giza Governorate, Egypt, killing seven people and wounding 125 more. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
Three people are killed and more than 300 others are rescued from severe flooding in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (Shafaq)
At least 34 people are killed when a small boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Kébémer, Louga, Senegal. (DW) (Al Jazeera)
Former National Congress Party politician Ahmed Haroun, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region during war, is detained by the Sudanese army. (AFP via Arab News)
A bus traveling towards Zagreb, Croatia, overturns on the A3 motorway, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others. (AP)
The Maltese Civil Court orders four investment companies, including two from Malta and two from Luxembourg, to pay the Vatican Bank €24.1 million in damages over a 2013 deal involving the Kappa Fund. (Times of Malta) (Vatican News)
Authorities of El Hierro in the Spanish Canary Islands declare a state of emergency following a surge of over 3,300 migrants and refugees arriving on the island this month. (Al Jazeera)
More than 200,000 people march in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the Dutch government’s support of the Israeli military. (Al Jazeera)
A Mw 5.7 earthquake strikes central Japan with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture, while also affecting Aichi, Gifu, Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures. At least 22 people are injured. (NHK World-Japan)
In association football, Inter Miami player Lionel Messi is awarded the 2026 Golden Boot Award after scoring 26 goals in one season, becoming the first player in league history to win the award in consecutive years. (Al Jazeera)
In stock car racing, Hendrick Motorsports’ driver Kyle Larson wins his third career NASCAR Cup Series championship, becoming the first driver to win two consecutive championships since 2010. (AP)
Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) says that they have recaptured the town of Iyal Bakhit in West Kordofan, Sudan. The SAF also reportedly downs a Rapid Support Forces drone. (Sudan Tribune)
Six people are killed and 15 more injured in a drive-by mass shooting in the center of Kraków, Poland. The perpetrator, who also killed his parents and his sister at their home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, is wounded by police and arrested. (Reuters)
Saudi airstrikes hit homes near Sanaa, Yemen, killing at least 27 people and wounding 36 others. (AP)
A drone strike of unknown origin is launched against a military base in Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar Department, Colombia, killing three soldiers and wounding 16 more. (AP)
A family of twelve are killed in an arson attack during a bandit raid in Maradun, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Seven others are kidnapped. (Nigerian Info)
Twenty-one people are killed and one person has been rescued after a migrant boat sinks off the coast of Kebemer, Louga region, Senegal. (Xinhua)
At least 12 people, mostly bus passengers, are killed and 13 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision near Atalaya, Valparaíso Region, Chile. (AFP via The Sun)
Nine people are killed and five others are injured when a truck collides with a minibus in Özalp, Van Province, Turkey. (Daily Sabah)
Unions, yellow vests protesters, and student protesters hold a fourth consecutive weekend of protests across France with about 146,000 participants. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli president Isaac Herzog selects Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot to attempt to form a coalition government following inconclusive Knesset elections. Eisenkot will have 28 days to secure sufficient support in the Knesset. (ABC News Australia)
New Zealanders vote to elect 120 members of the House of Representatives, with 11 additional overhang seats. National Party leader Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins both seek reappointment as the country’s prime minister. Preliminary results see Labour lead in the popular vote and the Nationals having the most amount of seats, with special votes yet to be counted. (RNZ)
In sailing, Frenchman Tom Laperche wins the 2026 Route du Rhum in a record six days, 13 hours, 27 minutes and 40 seconds, beating Charles Caudrelier‘s 2022 time by six hours and 19 minutes. (Reuters)
Friday, November 6th, 2026
American cinematographer Thomas Markle is arrested in Tampa, Florida, over allegations of possessing child sexual abuse material. (CBS News)
Edgar Aarón Vázquez, founder and leader of the Nuevo Imperio cartel, is killed in an operation in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. He was implicated in the murder of a federal agent, as well as kidnapping, extortion, homicide, dispossession of property, money laundering, fuel theft, and drug trafficking to the United States and Canada. (Excélsior in Spanish)
Three gunmen were killed after an encounter against authorities in the ejido Las Trancas, Navolato, Sinaloa, México.(El Universal in Spanish)
Politician Julio Portillo and three police officers are killed in an assassination shooting in Río Hondo, Zacapa Department, Guatemala, by unknown gunmen. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from an armed attack yesterday by suspected Allied Democratic Forces militants on several villages in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rises to 33. (AA)
Saudi Arabia launches an airstrike against a market in Taiz Governorate, Yemen, killing 30 people and wounding eight more. (AP)
Australia deploys a C-130 Hercules aircraft, a Cessna Citation aircraft, and 20 personnel to help extinguish wildfires in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. (AFP)
Two people are killed and 16 injured in a bus crash in Lent, Ain, France. (Le Monde)
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 5,182 measles cases in 2026, the country’s highest annual total since 1991. State health agencies report at least eight measles-related deaths. (AFP via France 24)
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China adopts a law regulating Chinese research, tourism, shipping, and other activities in Antarctica, requiring environmental safeguards, waste management, and permits subject to safety conditions. (Reuters)
Malaysia’s UMNO party pays a RM50-million (US$12 million) fine for imprisoned former prime minister Najib Razak, fulfilling a condition of his royal pardon. The Attorney-General’s Chambers subsequently seeks to delay his transfer to house arrest. (AFP via France 24)
At least 100 people are arrested by police after protesters break into and temporarily occupy a construction site for a Microsoft data center in Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, during an anti-data-center rally. (Al Jazeera)
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie is sentenced to 200 years in prison for the mass murder of children. (Reuters)
The Colombian border control agency expels 80 Venezuelan nationals suspected of criminal activity, including theft, drug trafficking, and extortion. (AFP via France 24)
Au Kam San, a former pro-democracy legislator of Macau, is convicted in a closed-door trial of “subversion against the political power of the state” and sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison. It is the first conviction under the Macau National Security Law, which was revised by lawmakers in 2023 to broaden its scope and to allow for closed-door trials. (BBC News)
The High Court of Tanzania acquits Chadema chairperson Tundu Lissu of treason but sentences him to four years in prison for incitement related to statements opposing the 2025 general election results. (AFP via France 24)
A court in Istanbul, Turkey, orders the detention of legislator and former family minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya pending trial on charges of violating capital markets legislation and membership in a criminal organization amid an investigation into investment fund manipulation. (AP)
The Paraguayan Senate unanimously removes Santiago Peña as the country’s president over alleged conflicts of interest involving Ueno Bank, whose accounts the central bank froze. Congress postpones consideration of Peña’s resignation to allow impeachment proceedings. (Reuters)
The Public Prosecutor’s Office orders the arrest of Santiago Peña, who is placed under house arrest. (UPI)
Vice President Pedro Alliana is sworn in as the interim president of Paraguay. (Reuters)
King Philippe of Belgium refuses Bart De Wever‘s resignation as the prime minister, telling him to continue with budget negotiations. (Euronews)
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
Six people are arrested in connection with a corruption investigation involving ruling PSOE officials and the transport ministry in Spain. (Ara)
Cuban authorities release independent journalist Yoani Sánchez and activists Berta Soler and María Cristina Labrada after detaining them for several hours in Havana. (AFP)
The Supreme Court of Somalia nullifies the amendments to the country’s constitution, ruling that the term of president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expired on 15 May 2026, while ordering new elections within 90 days. (AFP via Modern Ghana) (Somali Guardian)
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