DiplomacySeven foreign ministers launch the R4+E3 format in Istanbul, with the Strait of Hormuz at the top of the agenda
YemenUN counts nearly 260,000 displaced in Yemen since August, and 12 hospitals in Taiz are four days from running out of fuel
Human rightsInternational Criminal Court wins the 2026 Sakharov Prize, 13 days after the US sanctioned the court
ClimateUN says the world will overshoot 1.5°C, and holding the peak at 1.8°C means cutting emissions 18% by 2030
SudanDrone attack on Amiet market in Abyei kills at least 153, and the UN counts more than 250 dead in a matter of days
ClimateStudy doubles the sea-level rise expected from Thwaites Glacier and sees a 60% chance it unpins from its bed by 2100
West BankIsraeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank, and Belgium says it will push for new EU sanctions
FranceFrance sees 550,000 protest over the cost of living, about 400 arrests and Limoges city hall gutted by fire
Strait of HormuzIran says a tanker carrying 2 million barrels caught fire after striking a mine in Hormuz, and declares the strait closed
Global healthKenya confirms a third Ebola case, a 65-year-old woman who had been in quarantine since 6 October
War in UkraineHospitalised after lung surgery, Leo XIV phones Putin to ask for a truce to reach Oleshky
School shootingA 16-year-old shot through the locked doors of a Bend, Oregon, elementary school and killed three children and a teacher
Black SeaDrones hit two chemical tankers off Romania's coast, and seven crew members are still missing
AsiaChina and Pakistan open the first joint exercise between their armies, with all-Chinese equipment
AlbaniaAlbania's Education Ministry catches fire during student protest, and Tirana counts 39 arrests in two days
War in UkraineRussia fires 39 ballistic missiles at Ukraine's power grid, hitting all three of Kyiv's heat and power plants
