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Last updated: 2026-11-15 00:03 UTC

Global overview

- Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement, while Saudi Arabia faced pipeline attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels and the US warned Americans in Saudi Arabia of increased Houthi attack threats on civilian targets. - Southeast Asian countries accelerate renewable energy deployment due to Iran conflict impacts; Philippines declares national emergency over rising energy costs; diesel protests erupt across Africa amid an energy crisis linked to Iran's war efforts. - Serbia's opposition party wins elections with nearly two-thirds of seats; Moldova launches new power line connecting to European electricity supplies. - DR Congo faces an Ebola outbreak surpassing 11,000 cases and armed group disruptions causing up to 500 weekly infections; South Sudan and UN peacekeepers criticized for failing to prevent a massacre that killed over 200 people in DR Congo. - Kazakhstan signs $1.2 billion in energy agreements for renewable projects at COP31; US sanctions Turkmenistan’s gas trade through Iran. - China's foreign tourism rebounds since border reopening; new images of GJ-11 stealth drone show large internal weapon bay. - Romania faces political crisis after government collapse. - Israeli forces kill three Palestinians, including two children and a woman, in recent attacks on Gaza; four killed in Arab Israeli violence. - Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov criticizes EU for seizing foreign vessels causing geopolitical lawlessness; Brazil's President Lula da Silva receives hero’s welcome at COP31. - Cambodia aims for universal sanitation by 2030 after reaching a 95% coverage rate, while five environmental activists serve six-year prison sentences.

Key events right now

  • Iran's navy says three tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz — al_monitor · Gulf / Iran
  • U.S. floated idea of Ukraine ceding Donbas for NATO membership — japan_times · Ukraine–Russia
  • 2027: INEC begins BVAS configuration — punch_ng · Other
  • Bille gas seepage: NUPRC screens 28 wells, flags three — punch_ng · Other
  • Lagos targets 2,000MW power supply March 2027 — punch_ng · Other
  • UK buys £1bn Nigerian oil as Dangote refinery expands — punch_ng · West Africa & Sahel
  • Benue group backs Tinubu’s re-election — punch_ng · Other

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