2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
Iran says it has destroyed an early-warning radar in Bahrain as a retaliation for a United States strike on telecommunication infrastructure on Sirik.
13 November 2026
Section
International
The past seven days, edition by edition, the most important story of each day first.
Friday 13 November
Guatemala–United States relations
The United States Department of State designates three Guatemalan criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations for providing material support to Mexican cartels.
EET
Qatar–Turkey relations
Qatar and Turkey sign a defense pact in Istanbul.
EET
Thursday 12 November
Salvadoran military intervention in Haiti
Haitian and Salvadoran soldiers take control of the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince after two years of gang control.
EET
Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war
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.
EET
International
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.
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Wednesday 11 November
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Israel launches an airstrike against the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing six Palestinians, including a surgeon, and wounding over 20 more. Four more people are also killed in other airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
EET
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Three Central Reserve Police Force personnel are injured after militants open fire on a checkpoint near Mir Bazar in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Security forces launch a search operation to locate the attackers.
EET
France–Russia relations
Russia bans two French lawmakers, Arthur Delaporte and Sacha Houlié, and two journalists, Ariane Chemin and Paul Gogo, from entering the country for allegedly harassing Xenia Fedorova, the head of RT France, from 2017 to 2023.
EET
Argentina–Iran relations
Iran designates the Argentinian naval and air forces as terrorist organizations, in response to Argentina designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as such in March.
EET
China–Germany relations
Germany announces that its military will discontinue using Chinese-made drones for military training and exercises, replacing them with German or other European models to address security concerns.
EET
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
At least 22 people are killed by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces rebels across eight locations in Mambasa Territory, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EET
- Pakistani Taliban carries out an ambush against police personnel in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing ten officers…
- Iran attacks ship navigation systems on Didamar Island, Oman. Unknown damage is caused.
- Kenyan president William Ruto signs a deal for Sudan to lift its 20-month ban on imports of tea from Kenya.
Tuesday 10 November
Salvadoran military intervention in Haiti
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.
EET
2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Abu Dhabi
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.
EET
Terrorism in Kenya
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.
EET
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
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.
EET
Monday 9 November
Cyprus problem
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.
EET
United Kingdom involvement in the 2026 Iran war
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.
EET
2026 Kraków shooting
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.
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Sunday 8 November
Mexican drug war
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.
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Houthi–Saudi conflict
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.
EET
Middle Eastern crisis
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.
EET
Gaza humanitarian crisis
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.
EET
2026 Iran war
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.
EET
Saturday 7 November
Kordofan campaign
Sudan's armed forces (SAF) says that they have recaptured the West Kordofan town of Iyal Bakhit. Additionally, the SAF also says that they have downed a Rapid Support Forces drone.
EET
2026 Kraków shooting
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.
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Colombian conflict
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.
EET
Houthi–Saudi conflict
Saudi airstrikes hit homes near Sanaa, Yemen, killing at least 27 people and wounding 36 others.
EET