{ "site": "Verorbis", "updated": "2026-11-11", "events": [ { "id": "russia-ukraine-war", "title": "Russia-Ukraine war", "category": "war", "status": "Active war; Abu Dhabi talks enter second day as overnight strikes continue", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/russia-ukraine-war.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/russia-ukraine-war/" }, { "id": "us-israel-iran-war", "title": "US-Israel war with Iran", "category": "war", "status": "Major combat paused, with no agreed ceasefire. Rubio says new major strikes are unnecessary and Trump calls the war 'effectively over', while Iran denies talks with Washington and Qatar says its mediation continues.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/us-israel-iran-war.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/us-israel-iran-war/" }, { "id": "israel-gaza-ceasefire", "title": "Gaza ceasefire under strain", "category": "war", "status": "The October 2025 ceasefire formally holds, but Gaza medics and health officials report Israeli fire killing people almost daily. Winter floods are worsening conditions. Israel says it is letting in more winter aid, while charities say many displaced people still lack shelter.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/israel-gaza-ceasefire.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/israel-gaza-ceasefire/" }, { "id": "sudan-civil-war", "title": "Sudan civil war", "category": "war", "status": "Fighting continues in Kordofan and Darfur, and long-range drone strikes are hitting infrastructure. Reports that the army re-detained ICC fugitive Ahmed Haroun remain disputed.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/sudan-civil-war.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/sudan-civil-war/" }, { "id": "yemen-houthi-offensive", "title": "Yemen war re-escalates", "category": "war", "status": "The Houthis are firing missiles and drones at Riyadh and Saudi oil sites, and say Saudi strikes near Sanaa killed dozens. Yemen's government says its forces have hit hundreds of Houthi targets.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/yemen-houthi-offensive.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/yemen-houthi-offensive/" }, { "id": "us-midterms-2026", "title": "US midterm elections", "category": "election", "status": "Democrats won House and Senate; Mississippi Senate still uncalled; Jordan elected House GOP leader, Thune keeps Senate post", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/us-midterms-2026.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/us-midterms-2026/" }, { "id": "strait-of-hormuz-disruption", "title": "Strait of Hormuz shipping and oil shock", "category": "economy", "status": "Traffic remains far below pre-war levels and attacks on tankers continue. Iran's army says another tanker hit a mine and caught fire on Nov 11. India says four crew were hurt when a Liberia-flagged supertanker was attacked in the Gulf. Iran says the strait stays shut until its conditions are met.", "confidence": "low", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/strait-of-hormuz-disruption.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/strait-of-hormuz-disruption/" }, { "id": "us-china-trade-truce", "title": "US-China trade truce and rare earths", "category": "economy", "status": "Both governments say the trade truce runs to January 10, 2027. China says it has extended its pause on export controls aimed at the US, including on rare earths, for two months from November 10.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/us-china-trade-truce.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/us-china-trade-truce/" }, { "id": "us-canada-trade-dispute", "title": "US-Canada tariff dispute", "category": "economy", "status": "Talks are back on after an Oct 31 Carney-Trump call; on Nov 3 Carney said the US is 'asking less' and 'offering more.' Tariffs on both sides remain.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/us-canada-trade-dispute.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/us-canada-trade-dispute/" }, { "id": "us-global-tariffs", "title": "US global tariffs after Supreme Court ruling", "category": "economy", "status": "Broad US tariffs now rest on Section 301 (10% or 12.5% on about 60 economies since July 24) and expanding Section 232 sector tariffs. Refunds of the struck-down IEEPA tariffs are being processed.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/us-global-tariffs.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/us-global-tariffs/" }, { "id": "israel-election-2026", "title": "Israel forms a new government", "category": "election", "status": "Israel's new Knesset was sworn in on Nov 10, and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot holds the mandate to form a government. Netanyahu, who is set to lose his majority, used the ceremony to attack Arab parties and appeal for a unity government.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/israel-election-2026.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/israel-election-2026/" }, { "id": "ai-data-centre-backlash", "title": "Backlash against AI data centres", "category": "policy", "status": "Local opposition to large AI data centres is shaping policy on both sides of the Atlantic. US voters sided against them in 40 of 41 local ballot measures on Nov 3, and activists in 15 European countries demanded a moratorium on Nov 6-7.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/ai-data-centre-backlash.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/ai-data-centre-backlash/" }, { "id": "cop31-climate-talks", "title": "COP31 climate talks in Antalya", "category": "policy", "status": "The UN climate conference in Antalya runs to Nov 20, with Turkiye presiding and Australia chairing the negotiations. The leaders' summit opened on Nov 11 without several prominent leaders, including France's president, as Turkiye presses its '35-by-35' electrification pledge.", "confidence": "high", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/cop31-climate-talks.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/cop31-climate-talks/" }, { "id": "drc-m23-conflict", "title": "War in eastern DR Congo", "category": "war", "status": "The Kabila-led FRN, which now includes the M23, has taken several towns in South Kivu's Kalehe territory since Nov 6-7, and the army says it is counter-attacking. The Doha talks are strained by a dispute over a proposed constitutional referendum.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/drc-m23-conflict.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/drc-m23-conflict/" }, { "id": "ebola-bundibugyo-outbreak", "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and region", "category": "policy", "status": "The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo in May is still spreading. Reports citing official Congolese data say cases have passed 11,000, with 5,387 deaths. Kenya's cluster of nine cases has had no new infections since Oct 19.", "confidence": "high", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/ebola-bundibugyo-outbreak.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/ebola-bundibugyo-outbreak/" }, { "id": "france-debt-budget", "title": "France's debt and budget crisis", "category": "economy", "status": "France's minority government is trying to pass an austerity budget for 2027 after the National Assembly unanimously rejected its first part on Nov 4. Ten-year borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2002 in October, and unions struck nationwide on Nov 5.", "confidence": "high", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/france-debt-budget.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/france-debt-budget/" }, { "id": "haiti-gang-crisis", "title": "Haiti's gang crisis", "category": "war", "status": "Gangs still control most of Port-au-Prince as more than 2,000 Salvadoran troops, most of them outside the UN-backed force, back Haitian police in operations east of the capital. The first round of elections has been moved to July 18, 2027.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/haiti-gang-crisis.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/haiti-gang-crisis/" }, { "id": "myanmar-civil-war", "title": "Myanmar civil war", "category": "war", "status": "The military-backed government that took office in April is pushing ground offensives and frequent airstrikes, while the Arakan Army holds most of Rakhine and fights near Sittwe. Peace invitations from Naypyitaw have not halted the fighting.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/myanmar-civil-war.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/myanmar-civil-war/" }, { "id": "sahel-insurgency", "title": "Burkina Faso and Sahel insurgency", "category": "war", "status": "JNIM and Islamic State Sahel keep up frequent attacks across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, though AFP reports Burkina has had no large-scale assault since late June. The military governments, which turned to Russia for security help, report gains that cannot be independently verified.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/sahel-insurgency.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/sahel-insurgency/" }, { "id": "hegseth-impeachment", "title": "Push to impeach Pete Hegseth", "category": "election", "status": "On Nov 10 the House voted 211-204 to send Thomas Massie's eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, shelving them for this Congress. Democrats take control of both chambers in January, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says the vote is 'just the beginning'.", "confidence": "high", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/hegseth-impeachment.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/hegseth-impeachment/" }, { "id": "apec-trump-xi-putin-summit", "title": "Planned Trump-Xi-Putin meeting in Shenzhen", "category": "election", "status": "Trump said on Nov 8 that he expects to meet Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin together at the APEC summit in Shenzhen on Nov 18-19. Beijing and Moscow say talks on a three-leader meeting are under way, but no date, format or agenda has been announced.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/apec-trump-xi-putin-summit.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/apec-trump-xi-putin-summit/" }, { "id": "indonesia-vice-president-crisis", "title": "Indonesia's vice president offers to step down", "category": "election", "status": "On Nov 10 the palace said Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka told President Prabowo Subianto he intended to resign, after the Supreme Court annulled a school certificate he used to run in 2024. Prabowo has not said he accepts, and Gibran says he will fight the ruling in court.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/indonesia-vice-president-crisis.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/indonesia-vice-president-crisis/" }, { "id": "nvidia-china-intelligence-probe", "title": "Nvidia chief and the China spying allegations", "category": "policy", "status": "Nvidia's board has hired former acting US Attorney Joon Kim to lead an independent inquiry into reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence. Trump backs Huang, China calls the spy claims a smear, and no one has been charged.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/nvidia-china-intelligence-probe.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/nvidia-china-intelligence-probe/" }, { "id": "paraguay-bank-collapse", "title": "Ueno Bank collapse and Paraguay's change of president", "category": "economy", "status": "Paraguay's central bank took over Ueno Bank on Nov 3, freezing the accounts of about 3 million customers, and on Nov 6 Congress removed President Santiago Peña by impeachment instead of accepting his resignation. On Nov 10 his successor, Pedro Alliana, called recovering pension money held at Ueno a priority.", "confidence": "high", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/paraguay-bank-collapse.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/paraguay-bank-collapse/" }, { "id": "somalia-constitutional-crisis", "title": "Somalia's court and president clash over his term", "category": "election", "status": "Somalia's Supreme Court ruled on Nov 5 that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term ended in May and ordered elections within 90 days. The government rejects the ruling and has sworn in a new chief justice, while the dismissed one says troops occupy the court.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/somalia-constitutional-crisis.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/somalia-constitutional-crisis/" }, { "id": "south-africa-local-elections", "title": "South Africa's municipal elections and coalition talks", "category": "election", "status": "The ANC won about 31% in South Africa's Nov 4 municipal elections, its weakest result ever, to the DA's 25%, and most reports put the DA first in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. Coalition talks now begin in the 127 of 213 councils where no party won a majority.", "confidence": "high", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/south-africa-local-elections.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/south-africa-local-elections/" }, { "id": "spain-election-2026", "title": "Spain's snap general election", "category": "election", "status": "Spain votes in a snap general election on Nov 29, and its two biggest unions, CCOO and UGT, have called a 24-hour general strike for Nov 11 over wages, housing and prices. Most recent polls show the PP ahead without a majority of its own, with Vox third.", "confidence": "medium", "updated": "2026-11-11", "feed": "https://verorbis.com/events/spain-election-2026.json", "page": "https://verorbis.com/e/spain-election-2026/" } ] }