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Business and economy

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association threatens to indefinitely close unrest-affected factories without pay under the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006, after ongoing wage protests force the shutdown of 55 units and halt production at 147 others.

2026 Bangladesh garment workers protests

Source: The Business Standard

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announces that negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines have concluded, with signing expected in 2027. The FTA would eliminate more than 90% of tariff lines.

Canada–Philippines relationsFree trade agreements of Canada

Source: AFP

Health and environment

Eight more people in Bangladesh are reported to have died from dengue fever, bringing this year's outbreak's death toll past 491.

Source: BSS

Disasters and accidents

The Slagdijkstermolen windmill in Friesland, Netherlands, burns down.

Source: in Dutch

Politics and elections

Student protesters, unions, and the yellow vests hold another nationwide protest in France, with over 100,000 participants.

2026 European unrest2026 French civil unrest

Source: Türkiye

The South Sudanese election commission postpones the country's first presidential and parliamentary elections since independence in 2011 from December 22, 2026, to February 11, 2027, amid political tensions and continuing violence.

2027 South Sudanese general election

Source: AFP via RFI

Arts and culture

The Philippines, with the song "Sobra-Sobra" by Carmelle, wins the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Eurovision Song Contest Asia

Source: AP

Law and crime

Border Guard Bangladesh seize 48 explosive gel sticks, 100 detonators, and 11 fuses during an operation along the Bangladesh–India border in Kanaighat Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.

Crime in Bangladesh

Source: BSS

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran says it has destroyed an early-warning radar in Bahrain as a retaliation for a United States strike on telecommunication infrastructure on Sirik.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warBahrain in the 2026 Iran war

Source: Türkiye

International relations

The United States Department of State designates three Guatemalan criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations for providing material support to Mexican cartels.

Guatemala–United States relationsMexican drug war

Source: Macau Business

Qatar and Turkey sign a defense pact in Istanbul.

Qatar–Turkey relations

Source: AFP via France 24

Law and crime

Hungary's National Asset Recovery and Protection Office recovers cash worth around US$19.5 million, including 5 billion Ft, from various locations around the country as part of a bribery investigation into Miklós Seszták, who served as Minister of National Development under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from 2014 to 2018.

Corruption in Hungary

Source: Reuters

In the United Kingdom, Metropolitan Police announce a criminal investigation into actor David Walliams about "alleged serious sexual offences". The police say they are separate to those investigated by ITN and .

Source: BBC News

Disasters and accidents

A tanker and the cruise ship collide in the Mississippi River of the United States. The cruise ship, carrying 130 people, sinks. All aboard the survive, with some taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.

2026 New Orleans ship collision

Source: CNN

The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues a nationwide ground stop for all flights due to "extraordinary circumstances involving communications failures". It is later lifted.

2026 FAA ground stop

Source: Reuters

Twenty-six people are killed and eleven more are injured in a bus–truck collision in Golaghat, India.

Source: Xinhua

Six people are killed and five more injured after an under-construction building partially collapses in Nairobi, Kenya.

Source: Xinhua

Sports

In association football, the Royal Spanish Football Federation suspends FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono for 12 matches following a collision with CD Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel during a November 2 match, which resulted in de Miguel's death.

2026–27 Segunda División

Source: Al Jazeera

Arts and culture

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.

Source: AFP

Sports

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.

International sporting sanctions during the Russian invasion of UkraineFinland–Russia relationsNorway–Russia relations

Source: AFP via RFI

Science and technology

A major outage impacts multiple Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Copilot and Teams, worldwide.

Source: BBC News

Armed conflicts and attacks

Haitian and Salvadoran soldiers take control of the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince after two years of gang control.

Haitian conflictSalvadoran military intervention in Haiti

Source: France 24

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.

Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war

Source: Reuters

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.

Source: The Business Standard

Law and crime

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.

Iranian external operations

Source: AP

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.

2026 Logan Circle shooting

Source: AP

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.

Source: AFP

Business and economy

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.

Jensen Huang spying scandal

Source: Reuters

Over 200 garment factories shut down as workers block the Dhaka–Tangail Highway in Gazipur, leading police to fire stun grenades at the protesting workers.

2026 Bangladesh garment workers protests

Source: New Age

Disasters and accidents

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.

Source: Al Jazeera

A passenger van plunges off a road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing eleven people and wounding three more.

Source: AP

A bus veers off a mountain road in Bhimphedi, Nepal, killing ten people and wounding five more.

Source: AP

A military helicopter crashes in Malatya, Turkey, killing four soldiers.

Source: AP

Health and environment

Four more children in Bangladesh are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll past 1,299.

2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak

Source: BSS

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran attacks ship navigation systems on Didamar Island, Oman. Unknown damage is caused.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Oman

Source: Reuters

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.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Gaza warAttacks on health facilities during the Gaza war

Source: Reuters

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.

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (2007-present)Ituri war (2017–present)

Source: AP

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.

Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

Source: The Hindu

Pakistani Taliban carries out an ambush against police personnel in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing ten officers. Eighteen gunmen are also killed in the ensuing shootout.

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Source: AP

Sports

The United States men's national under-17 soccer team withdraws from the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, citing safety concerns related to the Houthi–Saudi conflict.

2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Source: ESPN

Business and economy

The German cabinet approves draft legislation establishing a strategic natural gas reserve of 24 terawatt-hours, equivalent to approximately 10% of national storage capacity, to maintain gas supplies during emergencies.

2026 Iran war fuel crisisGerman economic crisis (2022–present)

Source: AFP via France 24

The Central Bank of Paraguay reports providing partial refunds to 1,812,348 eligible Ueno Bank depositors following the bank's collapse.

2026 Paraguay banking crisis

Source: France 24

Law and crime

More than 6,000 schools across Italy are evacuated following bomb threats.

2026 European infrastructure disruptionEuropean bomb threat wave

Source: Reuters

Two people are arrested in connection with an explosive attack on the headquarters of Colombian broadcaster RCN Televisión in Cali, Valle del Cauca.

Colombian conflict

Source: Gulf News

Ten people are killed and 13 more injured during clashes between police and protestors after a patrol against illegal gold mining in Balato, Guinea.

Source: AP

Former Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi escapes house arrest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while awaiting extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence for kidnapping and membership in an armed group. Argentine security forces launch a manhunt for him.

Source: AFP via France 24

Science and technology

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) reports that it stopped a December 2025 cyberattack against an unidentified government institution, attributing it to the Russia-linked trojan package Turla. The SRI finds no evidence that sensitive information was stolen.

Cyberwarfare by Russia

Source: Reuters

Cybersecurity firm CloudSek reports that the Kazakhstan-linked hacker group Silent Lynx used an autonomous agent to breach Tajikistan's government database and steal more than 2,000 national security-related documents.

Source: Reuters

Politics and elections

After a week of counting affidavit ballots, the Associated Press and CNN project the election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi for Democratic candidate Scott Colom, defeating the incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and becoming the first black senator from the state since Blanche Bruce in the 1874–75 elections.

2026 United States Senate elections2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi

Source: CNN

The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court fines Meta Platforms R$7.5 million (US$1.34 million) for failing to comply with judicial orders concerning the 2026 presidential election, while finding insufficient evidence of deliberate electoral interference.

2026 Brazilian general election

Source: Le Monde

Millions of workers across Spain launch a general strike to demand government intervention over the country's housing crisis, as an escalation of the ongoing protests.

2026 Spanish housing protests

Source: El País

Indonesian vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka submits his resignation amid questions about his educational qualifications. Bloomberg News reports that President Prabowo Subianto accepts the resignation, although the government has not publicly confirmed its acceptance.

Gibran Rakabuming Raka diploma controversy

Source: Reuters

Polish president Karol Nawrocki and at least 500,000 people participate in the annual patriotic march celebrating the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland.

Independence March (Poland)

Source: in Polish

International 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.

Argentina–Iran relations

Source: Reuters

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.

China–Germany relations

Source: Reuters

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.

France–Russia relations

Source: Al Jazeera

Kenyan president William Ruto signs a deal for Sudan to lift its 20-month ban on imports of tea from Kenya.

Kenya–Sudan relations

Source: Business Daily Africa

Disasters and accidents

Portugal closes approximately 8,000 schools nationwide and suspends non-essential public services as Storm Charles approaches. The second day of the Web Summit in Lisbon is also cancelled.

2026–27 European windstorm season

Source: Deadline

A 3-story apartment building collapses near a construction site in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, killing eight people and wounding 19 more.

2026 New York City building collapse

Source: Reuters

Health and environment

The Kenyan health ministry reports that the country has discharged its last Ebola patient from a hospital in Nairobi after eleven contact cases were treated. Kenya will be declared Ebola-free on December 23 if no one else exhibits symptoms.

2026 Ebola epidemic

Source: DW

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo surpasses 11,000, with at least 5,387 deaths, affecting 8 of the country's 26 provinces.

2026 Ebola epidemic

Source: Al Jazeera

The American ocean liner SS is sunk off the coast of Destin–Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, to become the world's largest artificial reef.

Source: Reuters