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US-Iran war
Iran has been at war with the United States and Israel since roughly the start of 2026, in …
139 events · 10 Nov
Russia-Ukraine air war
Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine continues to be fought in part through long-range missile and drone strikes on …
77 events · 10 Nov
Hormuz closure
The Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of a dispute arising from the ongoing war in the …
72 events · 10 Nov
Iran war economic fallout
The United States and Iran have been at war for almost six months. Alongside the fighting, Washington under …
57 events · 10 Nov
Yemen truce collapse
Yemen's Houthi movement and the internationally recognised government have been at war for years, with the front lines …
52 events · 10 Nov
Houthi war in Yemen
Yemen's Houthi movement attacks merchant vessels passing its coast and has extended its strikes to targets inside Saudi …
49 events · 10 Nov
Ukraine peace diplomacy
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Ukraine and its Western backers stand against Russia, and …
46 events · 10 Nov
Europe's protest wave
Students across France have been protesting over the country's education system, including university admissions and the baccalaureate exam …
35 events · 10 Nov
Gaza humanitarian crisis
Gaza's roughly displaced population relies heavily on international food aid delivered by agencies such as the WFP. Deliveries …
34 events · 10 Nov
AI spending worries
Chip stocks have been driven by heavy spending on AI infrastructure, with memory makers such as Samsung and …
32 events · 10 Nov
Congo Ebola outbreak
Ebola is a severe viral haemorrhagic disease spread through contact with bodily fluids. Congo's health authorities and international …
26 events · 10 Nov
US-China tech curbs
Governments are tightening controls on who may buy and sell advanced AI technology, especially chips. The United States …
23 events · 10 Nov
Israel election
Israelis elect a new Knesset on 27 October 2026, choosing whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in office. …
22 events · 10 NovUS midterms 2026
The 2026 US midterms decide control of Congress, with Republicans and Democrats contesting seats state by state. Inside …
15 events · 10 NovCentral banks and inflation
Central banks are weighing interest-rate decisions against persistent inflation. In the US, the Federal Reserve's rate policy has …
14 events · 10 NovAnthropic IPO
Anthropic is a US artificial intelligence company that develops the Claude family of AI models. An initial public …
10 events · 10 NovFreezer cyberattacks
Refrigeration systems in food retail and on military sites are increasingly networked, which makes them a possible target …
9 events · 10 NovTrump-Xi-Putin summit
The idea is a three-way meeting of the leaders of the United States, Russia and China, the world's …
9 events · 10 NovUS-South Africa AGOA row
AGOA is a US law that gives eligible sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the American market for …
7 events · 10 NovData centre backlash
Rapid construction of data centres for artificial intelligence has drawn local opposition over land, power and cost. President …
6 events · 10 NovFlight bomb threats
Bomb threats against passenger flights, often sent by email or phone, can force crews to divert and land …
6 events · 10 NovUeno bank collapse
Ueno is a Paraguayan digital bank whose parent group President Santiago Peña, in office since August 2023, held …
5 events · 10 NovUS-China farm trade
The topic covers trade in agricultural goods between the United States and China, one of the largest farm …
5 events · 10 NovBlack Sea shipping war
Russia and Ukraine have fought a naval and shipping war in the Black Sea alongside the wider conflict …
4 events · 10 Nov2026 warming record
Copernicus, the EU's climate service, tracks global temperatures against pre-industrial levels. The 1.5C mark is the Paris Agreement's …
4 events · 10 NovPope's South America tour
Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, lived for about twenty years in Peru, where …
4 events · 10 NovKrakow market shooting
Krakow is Poland's second-largest city, and its main market square is a central gathering place. The topic covers …
3 events · 10 NovELN drone attack
Colombia's state has fought the ELN (National Liberation Army), the country's largest remaining guerrilla group, since the 1960s. …
2 events · 10 NovEgypt train crash
Egypt's rail network, among the oldest in the region, has a record of deadly accidents involving collisions and …
2 events · 10 NovEU case against TikTok
The EU is enforcing its Digital Services Act, which requires large online platforms to assess and limit risks …
2 events · 10 NovKhor Mor gas attacks
Khor Mor is a major gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region that supplies fuel to power plants providing …
2 events · 10 NovNovaya Gazeta closure
Novaya Gazeta is a Moscow-based newspaper known for investigative reporting on corruption and human rights abuses in Russia. …
2 events · 10 NovNvidia CEO spy probe
Nvidia is the leading maker of AI chips, whose exports to China are tightly regulated by the US …
2 events · 10 NovSenegal boat sinking
Boats carrying migrants regularly leave West Africa's Atlantic coast for Europe's Canary Islands, a route with frequent deadly …
2 events · 10 NovUniCredit and Commerzbank
UniCredit, the Italian bank, has built up a stake in Germany's Commerzbank and sought to gain control of …
2 events · 10 NovJalisco cartel arrest
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is one of Mexico's most powerful criminal organisations, active in drug trafficking across …
1 event · 10 NovCrete migrant deaths
Crete lies on a central Mediterranean route used by smuggling boats, mostly departing from eastern Libya, carrying migrants …
1 event · 10 NovCyprus crossings talks
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when a Turkish military intervention followed a coup backed by Athens, with …
1 event · 10 NovEthiopia-Kenya border crisis
Al Jazeera reports that more than 50,000 people have been displaced by deadly clashes on the Ethiopian border. …
1 event · 10 NovGaza multinational force
A multinational force for Gaza is meant to provide security and stabilization in the territory after the war …
1 event · 10 NovHasina return bid
Sheikh Hasina ruled Bangladesh as prime minister until a student-led uprising ousted her, after which she went into …
1 event · 10 NovIzmir steel plant blast
Aliaga, about 60 km north of Izmir on Turkey's Aegean coast, hosts heavy industry including steel production. The …
1 event · 10 NovTaiyuan apartment fire
Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi province in northern China. The topic covers a fire in a high-rise …
1 event · 10 NovBinance hack
Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Hackers linked to North Korea have repeatedly targeted crypto platforms to …
10 events · 9 NovSudan war
Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting for control of the country since …
9 events · 9 NovUS military aid to Israel
The United States has long provided Israel with about $4bn in annual military aid under a multi-year agreement …
5 events · 9 NovJapan Tobacco seizure
Japan Tobacco is a major Japanese tobacco maker with subsidiaries in Russia. Russia has taken control of some …
3 events · 9 Nov
Iran protest executions
Protests broke out in Isfahan in January, and police officers died during them. Iran's judiciary tried and convicted …
2 events · 9 NovNew Zealand election
New Zealand elects its parliament under a proportional system, so governments are usually formed through coalitions. The centre-right …
2 events · 9 NovAmsterdam Gaza protest
Pro-Palestinian groups in the Netherlands have held recurring mass demonstrations over the war in Gaza. They press the …
1 event · 9 NovZaporizhzhia plant power loss
Russian forces have held the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine since March 2022, early in the full-scale …
1 event · 9 NovBangladesh garment protests
Bangladesh's garment industry is a pillar of its export economy and employs millions of workers. Workers, backed by …
5 events · 8 NovAlbania protests
Opponents of Albania's government have been holding protests in the capital Tirana, directing their pressure at the prime …
1 event · 8 NovGuatemala lawmaker killing
Guatemala has long struggled with organized crime and violence, including attacks on officials in its eastern departments. Portillo …
1 event · 8 NovNajib house arrest
Najib Razak, Malaysia's former prime minister, was jailed over corruption linked to the 1MDB scandal. A royal order …
1 event · 8 Nov
Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions
Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have been in conflict over control of the …
13 events · 7 Nov
Hebron siege
Israel and Palestinian armed groups have clashed in the West Bank for years, with Israeli forces operating in …
12 events · 7 NovToledo train collision
Two high-speed trains, one operated by state-owned Renfe and one by private operator Iryo, collided south of Madrid …
7 events · 7 NovPoland Constitutional Tribunal
Poland's Constitutional Court has been at the center of a long dispute over judicial independence and the rule …
6 events · 7 NovIndonesia wiretap scandal
Indonesia's police are accused of illegally tapping phones of top officials and others. The case pits the president's …
3 events · 7 NovGermany's KNDS stake
KNDS is a European defence group that makes tanks and other armoured vehicles. It is owned by German …
2 events · 7 NovJoshua Wong sentence
Joshua Wong is a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who rose to prominence in the 2014 protests. He has …
2 events · 7 NovRussia-Iran arms ties
Russia and Iran have drawn closer militarily in recent years, with Moscow and Tehran exchanging defence support while …
2 events · 7 NovRussian diesel deal
This concerns a reported arrangement between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin under which Russian …
2 events · 7 NovAutonomous weapons rules
Autonomous weapons are systems that can select and engage targets using AI with limited or no human control. …
1 event · 7 NovShakahola cult verdict
Paul Mackenzie led a doomsday cult in Kenya whose followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families. …
1 event · 7 NovAu Kam San trial
Au Kam San is a veteran pro-democracy figure and former Macau legislator. He was prosecuted under Macau's national …
1 event · 7 NovSerbia's election result
Serbia has been governed for over a decade by the bloc around President Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian …
1 event · 7 NovLissu trial
Tundu Lissu, leader of the opposition party Chadema, was charged by Tanzania's government with treason and incitement over …
1 event · 7 NovGerman auto job cuts
Germany's car industry and its suppliers are shedding jobs as demand for combustion-engine parts shrinks, the shift to …
4 events · 6 NovNigeria banditry
Armed gangs known as bandits raid villages, schools and roads in Nigeria's north-west and north-central states, killing people …
3 events · 6 NovFortuneo bank hack
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is a French banking group whose online bank Fortuneo was targeted by hackers who diverted …
2 events · 6 NovEU enlargement roadmap
The EU enlargement roadmap sets out how candidate countries in the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe move toward …
2 events · 6 NovAiwanger's death
Hubert Aiwanger, 55, led the Freie Wähler party and served as Bavaria's deputy premier and economy minister. He …
1 event · 6 NovBaltic cable sabotage
Undersea power, telecom and gas cables in the Baltic Sea have been damaged repeatedly in recent years, and …
1 event · 6 NovABB Robotics deal
ABB, the Swiss-Swedish engineering group, agreed in October 2025 to sell its robotics unit to Japan's SoftBank for …
1 event · 6 NovDeveloping country debt
Many low- and middle-income countries borrow abroad from governments, multilateral lenders and private creditors to finance development. When …
1 event · 6 NovNigeria 2027 election
Nigeria is due to hold a presidential election in 2027. Atiku Abubakar, the opposition candidate of the African …
1 event · 6 NovGPT-6 Cyber
OpenAI rates its AI models by cybersecurity risk, with 'Critical' as the top tier. The release comes as …
1 event · 6 NovSaudi-Syria defence pact
Saudi Arabia has backed Syria's government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule, with …
1 event · 6 NovKorean border tensions
North Korea and South Korea remain technically at war, divided by a heavily fortified border since the 1950-53 …
11 events · 5 NovChina stock market rout
Chinese AI and technology stocks rallied strongly earlier in the year before turning lower from around May and …
7 events · 5 NovSouth China Sea patrols
China and the Philippines, along with other claimants, contest sovereignty and access rights in parts of the South …
4 events · 5 NovGulf AI investment
Gulf states are directing state money into artificial intelligence to diversify their economies away from oil. Saudi Arabia …
3 events · 5 NovMarvell-Lumentum merger
Marvell is a chipmaker and Lumentum makes lasers for data centres. The deal combines semiconductor and optical networking …
2 events · 5 NovVenezuela ELN camp strike
Colombian armed groups have long operated in border areas along the Venezuela-Colombia frontier. A Venezuelan military strike on …
2 events · 5 Nov
French student protests
Protests over rising living costs have been building across Europe, driven largely by young people and organized in …
10 events · 4 NovRussia-Ukraine cyber attacks
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, both sides have run cyber operations alongside the fighting, …
3 events · 4 Nov
UK-EU reset
The UK left the EU in 2020 after the 2016 referendum, and relations have been governed by a …
3 events · 4 NovWestern Sahara mission
MINURSO was set up to monitor a 1991 ceasefire in Western Sahara. The territory's status has long been …
3 events · 4 NovCalifornia ballot dispute
The dispute concerns whether California may count mail-in ballots from registered voters the federal government alleges are non-citizens. …
2 events · 4 NovCyclone Murasu
Cyclones regularly form over the Bay of Bengal and strike India's eastern coast, where authorities move residents from …
2 events · 4 NovBrazil fossil fuel roadmap
Brazil hosted the COP30 UN climate summit and has pushed for a global plan to move away from …
1 event · 4 NovCzech media strike
The Czech government under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is abolishing licence fees that fund public broadcasters. Czech public …
1 event · 4 NovEU court AI copyright
Publishers and AI developers disagree over whether chatbots may reuse press content to produce answers without permission or …
1 event · 4 NovGreenland security deal
The agreement is a trilateral security arrangement between Greenland, Denmark and the United States, signed in September. Greenland …
1 event · 4 NovNew York measles outbreak
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that vaccination largely prevents. New York is dealing with an outbreak …
1 event · 4 NovPoland-Kaliningrad border
Poland borders Russia's Kaliningrad exclave to the north, a frontier between a NATO and EU member and Russia. …
1 event · 4 Nov
El Niño 2026
El Niño is a recurring warming phase of the tropical Pacific that shifts rainfall and temperature patterns across …
9 events · 3 NovBulgaria presidential election
Bulgaria elects its president by popular vote in a two-round system. The runoff pitted incumbent Iliana Iotova, backed …
2 events · 3 NovAmhara drone strikes
Ethiopia's Amhara region has seen armed conflict between federal forces and local Fano militias, with civilians and displaced …
2 events · 3 NovFlorida Learjet crash
A business jet flying from Texas toward the Bahamas came down in a residential area of south Florida …
2 events · 3 NovBelgium government crisis
Belgium is governed by a multi-party coalition led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever. The parties have struggled …
1 event · 3 NovChina Gulf diplomacy
China courts Gulf states as energy suppliers, trade partners and investment destinations while keeping working ties with Iran. …
1 event · 3 NovJapan defence buildup
Japan has been raising defence spending as it reassesses regional security threats, moving away from its postwar restraint …
1 event · 3 NovMyanmar airstrikes
Myanmar's military has ruled since seizing power in a February 2021 coup, and has fought armed resistance groups …
1 event · 3 Nov