Asia
Coordinated attacks hit 51 sites across Thailand's insurgency-hit south
Bombs and arson damaged businesses and rail lines in Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, wounding three civilians and disrupting transport.
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Asia
United States
Trump threatens to declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory
The president linked his territorial threat to the US blockade and control of shipping, while Iran insisted that only Tehran can decide whether the international waterway opens or closes.
Europe
Black Sea strikes threaten Egypt's food supplies as maritime attacks intensify
Kyiv warned that attacks on cargo shipping are reducing food deliveries and raising prices, while Moscow rejected a proposed halt to strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea.
Asia
Extreme El Niño threatens Southeast Asia's water, food and urban resilience
Pacific temperatures could average 2°C above normal and drive severe drought, crop losses, haze and inflation, while governments expand pumps, irrigation, monitoring and water coordination.
Latin America
Colombia races to find survivors after century's strongest quake kills more than 110
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake devastated western Colombia, damaging about 1,600 buildings and confronting a newly inaugurated government with a national rescue, security and humanitarian emergency.
India
India considers tripling Cabinet threshold for foreign investment approvals
A proposal to raise the CCEA review line from ₹50 billion to ₹150 billion would give ministries greater authority over large FDI applications, while a parallel review seeks to prevent duplicate approvals for indirect investment.
Europe
Italy and Spain escalate Ceuta dispute with reciprocal border checks
Reciprocal checks on travellers have turned the Ceuta migration crisis into a dispute between two major EU governments, testing free movement while both sides insist the measures are temporary.
China
Twenty-Nine Countries Launch AI Cooperation Body in Shanghai
Twenty-nine countries signed an agreement in Shanghai to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, an intergovernmental body headquartered in the city and framed around AI cooperation, governance, safety and shared benefit.
United States
US senators strike early funding deal to keep government open through December
The stopgap bill would maintain most federal spending through December 11, shield Border Patrol funds from transfers and pause a contested White House grant-review rule while Congress negotiates full-year appropriations.
Europe
Spain and Morocco reverse unprecedented Ceuta border surge as European divisions deepen
Around 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave within a day and roughly half returned, while deaths, repatriations and threats of tighter Schengen controls turned the emergency into a wider European dispute.
China
China rejects security-driven restrictions on Pacific submarine cable projects
Beijing said security concerns over Chinese participation in Pacific cable construction risk distorting market rules and weakening the civilian infrastructure that carries global data.
Russia
Putin says Russia is strengthening the naval arm of its nuclear triad
In a Navy Day message, President Vladimir Putin linked serial ship construction, advanced weapons and operational training to a broader effort to expand Russia's maritime defense and nuclear deterrent capacity.