The edition of
Thursday 12 November 2026
16 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United States special envoy Jared Kushner announce that European representatives will join future peace negotiations with Russia, which Russian president Vladimir Putin agrees to while maintaining his territorial demands and rejecting foreign peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.
At least 10 people, including five with gunshot wounds, are injured in Munshiganj Sadar, Bangladesh, during a clash involving gunfire and crude bomb explosions between two factions of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Haitian and Salvadoran soldiers take control of the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince after two years of gang control.
Business
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Jensen Huang resigns as chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Nvidia and leaves the company's board following reports of two extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese intelligence agent. Chief financial officer Colette Kress becomes interim CEO.
The Law
A British court convicts two Iranian men of spying on journalists from London-based broadcaster Iran International. One of them is also convicted of preparing a violent attack, while a third defendant is acquitted.
One person is killed and four more are injured in a shooting spree in Logan Circle, Washington D.C., United States. The suspected gunman later kills himself after barricading himself from police inside a nearby apartment.
Europol announces that Operation TorNado, an international investigation into illegal dark web marketplaces, resulted in 354 arrests across 14 countries and the seizure of approximately 5.7 tonnes of drugs, 209 firearms, and €211 million (US$234 million) in assets.
Science
Four more children in Bangladesh are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll past 1,299.
A major outage impacts multiple Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Copilot and Teams, worldwide.
Environment
Fourteen people are killed and 30 more injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving 18 cars and five trucks in the Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
A passenger van plunges off a road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing eleven people and wounding three more.
Arts
Guatemala receives the remains of 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Miguel Ángel Asturias from France, 52 years after his death. President Bernardo Arévalo attends a ceremony ahead of the writer's burial in Guatemala City.
U.S. Rep-elect Bobby Pulido of Texas's 15th congressional district wins a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album.
Sport
Finland announces visa restrictions preventing Russian athletes, including neutral competitors, from entering for sporting events beginning November 16. Norway also announces similar restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and their support staff.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 12 November 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.