ConfirmedFrance: Paris blames Iran's Revolutionary Guards for the supermarket fridge cyberattack
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said an IRGC cyber unit called Shahid Kaveh remotely sabotaged refrigeration at more than 700 French supermarkets on Oct 11-12, spoiling perishable food. France summoned Iran's ambassador on Tuesday, will push for EU sanctions, and Paris prosecutors are seeking international arrest warrants for two of the unit's officials.
Sources: Al Jazeera · France Diplomatie
DevelopingFrance: education strike day, with 49 high schools blockaded Tuesday morning
The education ministry counted 49 of about 3,700 high schools blockaded at 9:30 am Tuesday as teachers and students struck again. Police banned two student marches from Bastille, and the main Paris march leaves the Pantheon for Place d'Italie at 2 pm Paris time (8 am ET). Unions have called a public-sector strike for Nov 17.
Sources: Nouvel Obs live · franceinfo live · Sortiraparis
ConfirmedG7 in Paris: European ministers press Rubio on Ukraine and Iran
G7 foreign ministers met in Paris on Nov 9-10. European ministers pressed Rubio to make sure any Ukraine settlement is fair to Kyiv, and Germany's foreign minister said the talks would look for ways to avoid a new military escalation with Iran. Rubio said the Republican midterm losses will not change the administration's foreign policy.
Sources: AFP · AP
ConfirmedUkraine: US, Russia and Ukraine open two-day talks in Abu Dhabi
The first three-way talks since February opened Tuesday, with Witkoff and Kushner leading the US side and Kremlin aide Medinsky leading Russia's; Kushner said they would focus on post-war security concerns. Control of the Donetsk region remains the core dispute, and the BBC says expectations of a breakthrough are low.
Sources: BBC · Kyiv Independent
ConfirmedSpain: train drivers' strike shuts several Madrid commuter lines, general strike Wednesday
Renfe said minimum services were not being met in Catalonia on Tuesday, and Cercanias Madrid said lines C2, C3, C4, C5 and C8 were not running. The 24-hour general strike over wages and housing follows on Wednesday, with more rail strikes on Nov 12 and Nov 17.
Sources: elDiario.es (EFE) · RTVE · Renfe
ConfirmedAlbania: daily Tirana protest continues as police fine participants
Protesters gathered again outside the prime minister's office on Monday, as they have every day since May 31, demanding the Rama government resign. Police have started fining people for joining what they call an illegal gathering, and the investigative network BIRN reports police have issued multiple fines and taken peaceful protesters to police stations.
Sources: Panorama · Panorama (BIRN report) · Albanian Telegraphic Agency
ConfirmedGreece: migrants found dead on boats off Crete
Greece's coast guard recovered 12 bodies and rescued 18 people from one boat south of Crete, and one survivor later died in hospital, per Al Jazeera; the BBC puts that boat's toll at 13 or more. Al Jazeera counts at least 21 dead across boats trying to reach Crete.
Sources: Al Jazeera · BBC
ConfirmedIran: Trump says Iran is 'militarily effectively over' while Tehran denies talks
After meeting Qatar's prime minister on Monday, Trump said new strikes were unlikely but US forces were 'locked and loaded'. Iran's foreign minister said Tehran's two-day plan to reopen Hormuz is still on the table if its conditions are met, while security chief Mohsen Rezaei denied that talks are under way.
Sources: CNBC · Euronews · Arab News
ConfirmedIsrael: Eisenkot gets the first chance to form a government
President Herzog gave Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate after 67 MPs recommended him against 46 for Netanyahu. He has 28 days to build a coalition, with a possible 14-day extension.
Sources: Times of Israel
DevelopingGaza: first winter storm floods displacement camps
Gaza's Government Media Office says the weekend storm flooded about 70,000 tents and killed at least five people, including in a sand embankment collapse near Deir el-Balah. The UN's humanitarian office has issued a situation report on the heavy rains.
Sources: Al Jazeera · UN OCHA
ConfirmedSaudi Arabia: Aramco tower in Riyadh damaged in an attempted attack
Saudi authorities say an attempted attack on Nov 8 damaged an Aramco building in Riyadh's financial district with no injuries, blaming falling debris. The BBC links it to fresh Houthi strikes.
Sources: BBC · NBC News
ConfirmedClimate: COP31 day two, with emissions flat and Turkey touting new oilfields
Scientists found global carbon emissions flatlined in 2026, as soaring oil and gas prices after the Iran war pushed people away from fossil fuels, the Guardian reports. Host-country president Erdogan announced two new oilfields, and leaders from more than 90 countries arrive Wednesday.
Sources: The Guardian live · Anadolu Agency
ConfirmedTurkey: steel plant explosion near Izmir kills 17
Officials say the death toll from Monday's blast at the Habas iron and steel plant in Aliaga has risen to 17. The governor said a crane fell into a furnace during boiler work.
Sources: The Guardian live · Reuters via Devdiscourse