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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
A Kerr County judge denied the camp owners’ request to limit which seized digital records Texas Rangers may review. The ruling concerns search scope in an ongoing investigation, not a finding of guilt.
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247 stories in this desk.The latest government data put cases in the Bundibugyo-virus outbreak at more than 11,000. International trackers report slightly different totals because their reporting cutoffs differ.
China and Southeast Asian governments have not met their year-end target for a South China Sea code of conduct. Diplomats say about 80% of the draft is provisionally agreed, but key issues remain.
Updated Nov. 11, 2026: Nigeria reports no additional Ebola cases since the imported Bundibugyo-virus infection confirmed on Oct. 20. As of Nov. 10, 34 of 62 identified contacts had completed 21-day follow-up and 28 remained under monitoring. Contacts are not confirmed cases; NCDC says response and surveillance continue. Earlier updates follow.
The Kenya Red Cross has estimated that more than 50,000 people have been displaced into Kenya amid deadly clashes near the Ethiopia border. The estimate includes people staying with host families and has not been independently confirmed as a final count.
Nine Zimbabwean nationals have appeared in South African courts in connection with an alleged effort to recruit people to fight for Russia. The accused are not proven guilty; court proceedings are continuing.
The Associated Press reported that 39 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Senegal, with one person rescued and search efforts continuing.
President Paul Biya has called Cameroon’s delayed legislative and municipal elections for Feb. 7, 2027. The decree sets a new date after two postponements; it does not establish candidate lists or election results.
The federal government says procurement has started for a planned East-West transmission project intended to add up to 19,000 megawatts of transfer capacity. It is planned infrastructure—not new generating capacity already online—and officials give a multi-year horizon for improved supply.
Three contract workers died while servicing a treatment tank at a Tata Electronics facility near Hosur. State and company inquiries are under way; reports reviewed do not establish a final cause.
Zamfara police say an attack on Gidan Taba killed a local security volunteer and 10 relatives and left 13 people abducted. Maradun’s council chairman gave a higher death toll of 12; the accounts differ.
A passenger bus and cargo lorry collided at Kiponzero Junction on Nov. 9, according to Iringa regional police. Tanzanian outlets citing police reported 21 people killed and five injured; investigators had not established a final cause in the reports reviewed.
Heavy rain flooded 17 villages across three subdistricts in Aceh’s Pidie Jaya district on Nov. 9, with water reported 0.5–1.5 metres deep. Ten households evacuated as a river embankment breach widened; local authorities said water levels were receding, though some homes and roads remained affected.
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