Today: November 13, 2026
Today: November 13, 2026

Conflict

Economy|Political|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy blasts US-Russian diesel deal, welcomes bigger European role in peace process

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia, called Moscow's stance a "parody" of peace negotiations and welcomed

Africa

Ethiopia sets up Tigray caretaker government as ex-fighters seek return to civilian life

Ethiopia's government has set up a six-month caretaker administration for Tigray following renewed fighting in the region

Arts

Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine, cut power to over a million

Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine on Friday, hit two shopping centres and cut power to more than 1 million people after strikes on the

Europe|MidEast|Political|Science|Technology|World

Over 1 million consumers were facing power cuts in Ukraine at some point, energy ministry says

Russia continued attacking Ukrainian energy facilities in the capital Kyiv and five other regions on Friday, causing emergency power outages, Ukraine's energy ministry said.

Arts|Entertainment

Will a new leader and a new name boost the rebellion in eastern Congo?

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, took over leadership of rebel forces occupying eastern regions this week, in the

Asia|Sports|World

Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia stays on track as safety fears grow amid Middle East conflict

Asian Cup organizers have confirmed that plans for the continental soccer tournament in Saudi Arabia remain on track despite ongoing conflict in the Middle East

Business|Economy|Political|World

Ukraine abandons truce and attacks Russian oil refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump

Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than Yemen.

Arts|Business|Economy|Europe|MidEast|Political|World

Israel says commercial goods no longer entering Gaza after merchants suspend coordination

Israel said commercial goods were no longer entering Gaza over what it said was a dispute over taxes between local merchants and Hamas, shutting off a vital source of

Science|Technology

Russia builds major new drone attack base in six weeks, satellite images show

Russia has nearly finished building a major new base for launching jet-powered drones in just six weeks, according to defence experts and

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Iran says a ship sank after striking a mine in Strait of Hormuz, and other Middle East developments

Iran says a cargo ship has sunk after hitting a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz with few immediate details

Europe|World

Russian strikes kill three, damage dozens of power facilities

Russian strikes killed three people in Kyiv and plunged hundreds of thousands into darkness overnight, authorities said on Wednesday, in an attack President

Health|World

Yemen fighting overwhelms hospitals, cuts aid to 800,000 people, relief agencies say

Hospitals across Yemen are struggling to cope with a sharp rise in war casualties, while intensified fighting along multiple front lines has cut off

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Yemen's Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities after Aramco HQ hit

Yemen's Houthis vowed on Wednesday to press on with attacks on airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, a day

Economy|Environment|Food|MidEast

Gazans harvest dregs of olive groves bulldozed and cut off by Israel

Haidar Abu Middain, 60, lifts a desiccated bough of a fallen olive tree and tosses it aside in the barren dirt of what was once one

Arts

Russian strike on Kyiv residential building kills two, injures at least nine, officials say

A Russian strike on a high-rise residential building in a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed two people and injured at least nine, while attacks in other Ukrainian regions

Africa|Americas|Arts|Asia|Business|Crime|Economy|Environment|Europe|Lifestyle|MidEast

Trump says Houthis trying to drive up oil prices ahead of US midterm elections

President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm

Political|US|World

Trump says Ukraine should get a new leader

President Donald Trump is criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid a US-Russia diesel deal, saying that the country's war with Russia began due to "incompetence" and suggesting that it get a new leader.

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Houthi strike on Saudi airport kills 12, worst attack on kingdom in a decade

At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the

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Israeli strikes kill five people in Gaza, medics say

Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks on Saturday, health officials said.

Arts|World

Israeli settlers flank Palestinian cafe with dozens of Israeli flags

Israeli settlers have planted dozens of Israeli flags at the entrance of a streetside Palestinian cafe in the occupied West Bank, obscuring it from one

MidEast|Political|World

Ethiopian police ask residents in Tigray regional capital to help restore order after rebel pullout

Ethiopia's federal police are driving through the regional capital of Tigray after anti-government forces withdrew over the weekend following renewed fighting, and calling on resident over loudspeakers to help establish a new administration

Arts|Europe

People in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town risk 'road of death' to get food

Trapped and facing starvation, residents of the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine risk their lives to travel for hours by foot and

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Eritrean forces seen entering towns in Ethiopia's Tigray region after crossing border

Eritrean soldiers have entered the towns of Adigrat and Idaga Hamus in northern Ethiopia, according to a commander allied with Ethiopia’s government

Asia|Crime|Europe|MidEast|Political|Science|Technology|World

Russia kills 11 in one of its biggest strikes on Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

Russia fired 70 missiles and also drones in one of its biggest strikes at Ukraine, targeting the Ukrainian energy sector and killing at least 11 people across the country,

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Yemeni government fighters shown driving vehicles over Houthi opponents

Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over Houthi fighters as they recaptured areas around the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait from

Europe|Political|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says intelligence shows Russia is preparing massive attack

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the latest intelligence suggested Russia was preparing a "massive attack" on Ukraine.

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Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news

Saudi Arabia says three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited

Africa|Asia|Economy|Environment|Europe|MidEast|Political

As Iran war smolders, shunned Eritrea looks to come in from the cold

When Halima

Asia|Europe|Technology

Ukraine believes Russia shared jet-drone technology with North Korea, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he believed Russia may have shared jet-drone technology with its longstanding ally North Korea.

Political|World

Eritrea cuts ties with Ethiopia over Asmara embassy closure

Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata on Thursday, prompting Asmara to sever all diplomatic ties with its

Political|World

Russia's Putin says continuation of international conflicts is highly likely as world changes

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that international conflicts were highly likely to continue as the world changed, but that the situation would get better as

Arts

Ethiopia expels 10 Eritrean diplomats as tensions between neighbors escalate

Ethiopia has expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats and closed its embassy in Eritrea, escalating tensions between the two countries

Asia|Political|World

Pakistani airstrikes kill nine in Afghanistan, Taliban say

Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan hit three houses on Thursday, killing nine people, the Afghan Taliban government said, while Islamabad said the strikes killed 22 "

Travel|World

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing to visit Malaysia in October, report says

Myanmar's ‌junta chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing will visit Malaysia in October, Malaysia's state news agency reported on Wednesday, as the two countries

Asia

North Korea calls DMZ mine blast a 'farce' as UN Command says armistice breach occurred

North Korea on Wednesday dismissed as a "farce" a South Korean investigation that found Pyongyang responsible for a mine blast in the

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Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, blocking family's return home

More than 100 Israeli settlers have attacked a village in the occupied West Bank, preventing a Palestinian family from returning

Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage instead

Any work to ease current shortages and price hikes while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed will take years and billions of dollars.

Economy

Iran's currency hits a new record low as war erodes the country's economic stability

Iran’s currency has fallen to a new record low, with traders exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar

Economy|Political|World

UN agency warns funding crisis could leave 8.3 million people without aid

A deepening funding crisis could leave nearly 8.3 million refugees and forcibly displaced people without access to assistance this year, and push

Europe|World

Pope urges Russia, Ukraine to sit down and discuss how to end war

Pope Leo on Monday urged Russia and Ukraine to sit down and discuss how to end their four-year war, hours after he had urged European leaders seeking to

Europe|Political|World

Northern Irish standoff extends to second day over blocked Orange Order march

A standoff between the Protestant Orange Order and residents blocking them marching through a Catholic area of a Northern Irish town extended to a

Africa|Americas|Arts|Asia|Crime|Environment|Europe|Finance|MidEast

Russian drones kill two in market outside Kyiv, three others in different regions, officials say

Russian drones set ablaze a market outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, killing two people, while three others died in strikes by Moscow's forces in different regions and

Arts

Hezbollah plans to contribute to project to house thousands of Lebanese displaced, chief says

Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday it would contribute soon to a project aimed at housing thousands of people displaced due to the war with Israel.

Political|World

Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that all proposals for a settlement in the 4-1/2-year-old war with Ukraine remained on the table, but Moscow still needed to

Arts

Oil prices slide about 2% as US, Iran explore path out of war

Oil prices fell about 2% on Friday on mounting hopes for a truce between the US and Iran and talk about a possible US ban on diesel exports, even as

Arts|Europe|Technology|World

Russian strikes shut Ukraine's biggest steelmaker, kill seven in Kyiv

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it was shutting production at Ukraine's largest steel plant, underscoring the growing economic toll of

Africa|Arts|Health|MidEast|World

Child malnutrition rises in Yemen as fighting intensifies, says UNICEF

The United Nations children's agency reported on Friday a rise in acute malnutrition among children in Yemen, including in the most severe cases, as

Science|Technology

Finnish leader pleads with Musk to help Ukraine hit Russian missile launchers

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Thursday he pleaded with SpaceX owner Elon Musk to expand Starlink satellite internet coverage for Ukraine so

Crime|Economy|Finance|MidEast|Political|World

Rights group says some people it classified as journalists killed in Gaza were militants

The Committee to Protect Journalists says that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or participants in combat

Arts|Crime|Economy|Europe|MidEast|Science|Technology

Sudan's RSF steps up deadly drone attacks on frontline cities

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have intensified deadly drone attacks in government-held towns in the frontline state of North

MidEast|Political|World

Ukrainian foreign minister says he discussed keeping tension low with Iranian counterpart

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday he discussed ways of keeping tension in check at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi.

Arts

In defiant speech, Pezeshkian calls out Trump and says Iran will fight 'until our last breath'

Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States

Environment|Health|World

Thousands of displaced in southwest Somalia could be in famine by year-end, IPC says

Thousands of displaced people in Somalia's southwest could experience famine between October and December if El Nino causes worse-than-expected flooding and humanitarian

MidEast|Political|World

Four killed in Gaza in strikes, Israel says it killed a Hamas finance chief

Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health officials said, and Israel said one of the attacks targeted a Hamas finance

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In Cambodia's 'Waiting Village', tattooist mourns trade lost to war

More than 3,000 houses stand in neat rows across Rong Cham, a 400-hectare (990-acre) resettlement site dubbed by residents "the Waiting Village

Arts

Zelenskiy says Russia planning new mass attack on Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was planning a new major attack on his country, in comments published on Tuesday.

Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|US|World

US ties Sudanese army leader's UN visa to ceasefire plan, sources say

The United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his

Americas|Economy|Europe|MidEast|Political|World

Turkey's Erdogan urges UN reform, wider recognition of Palestinian state

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday the U.N had become unable to fulfill its duty of preserving peace and called for reform

MidEast|Political|World

Netanyahu says will 'tell the truth' on Israel's actions at United Nations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would use his speech at the United Nations this week to defend Israel's military actions against the

Africa|Americas|Arts|Asia|Economy|Europe|Finance|MidEast|Stock Markets|US|World

Currency collapse heaps more pain on civilians in divided Sudan

The Sudanese pound has haemorrhaged nearly half its value in army-held territory since the start of the

Arts|Interview|Opinion|World

Messy, troubled, unpredictable: Diplomats describe a world in turmoil as UN opens annual meeting

There is not much diplomats can agree on these days

Political|World

G7 foreign ministers call on Iran to stop arming Houthis

G7 foreign ministers on Monday called on Iran to end its arming and support of Houthis in Yemen, which they said constituted a dangerous pattern of escalation that

Asia|MidEast|Political|World

Pakistan says it killed 28 militants, Afghan Taliban and UN report three civilian deaths

Pakistan's government said on Monday that it launched airstrikes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, killing at least 28 militants, with one security

Europe|Political|World

Slovak PM Fico says some in West seek war between Russia and NATO

Some Western politicians are seeking conflict between NATO and Russia after a "failed" strategy to defeat Moscow in its war with Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on

Election|Political|World

Putin says Ukraine interfering in Russian parliamentary election

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukraine was deliberately hindering talks aimed at ending the 4 1/2-year-old war and accused Kyiv of interfering in Russia's

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Widespread sexual violence in Ukraine war, most cases tied to Russia, says UN report

Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine, including gang rape and electric shocks to the

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South Korea's Lee says will not deploy military to get involved in Middle East conflict

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday he would not deploy any military assets to the Middle East that would draw the country into conflict related to the Iran

Europe|Political|US|World

Poland warns Russia is planning drone or rocket strikes on NATO territory

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warns that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones and rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine

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Houthis release video claiming to show downed Saudi F-15 fighter as both sides continue to trade strikes

Houthis release video claiming to show downed Saudi F-15 fighter as both sides continue to trade strikes

Arts

Saudi civil defense says falling debris from intercepted Houthi drone kills 1

The Saudi civil defense says debris from an intercepted Houthi drone has killed one person and injured two others

Arts|Crime|Europe|MidEast|US

UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity

A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States

Economy|Environment|Science

The Iran war is driving clean energy development. It's not enough to help the planet, yet

Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran

Crime|Economy|Education|MidEast|Political|World

Rescue efforts end after 21 die in collapse of bomb-damaged building in Gaza; 45 saved from rubble

Gaza rescuers wrapped up searches on Thursday in the rubble of a bomb-damaged building that collapsed a day earlier, where 21