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Nonresidents’ share in Russian sovereign Eurobonds declined to 32% in Q3 — Central Bank

The share stood at 32.1% as of the end of the second quarter of 2026

COP31 talks face early friction over future of fossil fuels

ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 13 - Big fossil fuel producers and consumers at the COP31 climate talks are resisting any deal that...

Haitian forces recapture national stadium after two years of gang control

Haitian security forces regained control Thursday, November 12, of the country's main stadium that had been under gang c...

One Parts Bin, Three Wars: Beijing built a valve. We built a wall.

Welcome to The Iron Triangle, the Cipher Brief column serving Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Invest...

Trump will never back Ukraine, O’Brien says

Was Donald Trump ever serious about securing peace for Ukraine? After nearly two years of U.S.-mediated negotiations bet...

TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider

An investigation into the breach found that no TSMC systems were compromised but the information was “verified to match ...

Oil returns to surplus as Gulf exports rebound through wartime disruptions

Oil supplies overtook consumption by almost 2 million barrels per day in October, according to data from the Internation...

Ukraine Hits Ninth Russian Oil Refinery Since Start of November

Ukraine continued its campaign of near daily strikes on Russian oil assets, hitting a major refinery in the Volga region...

Vance may put his presidential ambitions on hold — CNN

According to the TV channel, the ongoing war with Iran remains a major obstacle to Vance’s presidential ambitions

Will Democrats try to strip US-Israel initiative from Pentagon funding?

Midterm gains give party room to overhaul NDAA funding, including provision to integrate US-Israeli military industries.

How one AI agent exposed five critical enterprise security gaps

An AI agent built to automate invoice processing could be manipulated into changing vendor bank details through a malici...

Trump to press Southeast Asia nations to join Pax Silica at Asean summit in Manila

US President Donald Trump will press Southeast Asian economies to join Pax Silica, his campaign to China-proof AI and ch...

Trump falsely claims ‘nobody’s been killed’ in Iran war ‘in the last five months’

In July, three soldiers died in an enemy attack on an air base in Jordan, another died at an air base in Iraq and a Navy...

Russian Diesel Exports Drop as Ukraine Renews Refinery Attacks

Russian diesel exports slumped at the start of November as renewed Ukrainian attacks on refineries threatened to curb fu...

NATO foreign ministers to meet in Brussels on December 2

The alliance has not specified what topics the ministers will discuss

Palestinian rights group says Israel barred its director from travelling abroad

Palestinian rights group says Israel barred its director from travelling abroad Israel barred Shawan Jabarin, the genera...

South Korea’s Options in a Fragmented World

Seoul would be an attractive addition to several different international groupings – but joining one could mean locking ...

Ex-Hamas bodyguard found guilty of knife attack in UK; faces extradition to Germany

Mexico Rate Cut Fuels Speculation Officials Want a Weaker Peso

Traders are increasingly speculating Mexico’s central bank is pushing to weaken the currency whose strength threatened t...

Iran shoots down another US MQ-1 drone in country's south

The Iranian military warned that it would not hesitate for a moment to defend Iran's territorial integrity

France favours adding pressure on Yemen's Houthis, foreign ministry spokesperson says

PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - It is necessary to raise pressure on Yemen's Houthis so that they end their attacks in the reg...

Roger Waters launches heartfelt plea for 'an end to the genocide in Gaza'

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has always mixed art with activism. A long-standing supporter of the Palestinian caus...

Bank of Russia purchases yuan worth $183 mln with settlements on November 12

The regulator purchased yuan on the domestic market with settlements on November 11 in the amount of 15.2 bln rubles

Germany’s spy agencies gain sweeping new powers

Reform aims to bolster German surveillance and allow disruptive operations against enemies

Europe to join Ukraine peace talks 'in coming weeks' — German chancellor

Friedrich Merz said the talks will likely include representatives of the European countries that held consultations with...

Copper shortage or surplus? Banks split on 2027 outlook

The bank warns dwindling supplies could trigger a price squeeze, while Goldman Sachs sees risks from tariffs and investo...

'Devastated wasteland': Haitian security forces regain control of stadium from gangs

Haitian security forces said they have regained control of the country's main stadium, wresting it back from the gangs t...

Suicide car bombing at security checkpoint in Pakistan kills 5, injures 13

Congress Can Do More to Defend U.S. Alliances

It should start by expanding defense industrial cooperation and checking Trump’s attempts at coercion.

Senegal Bonds Plunge as Budget Row Puts IMF Program at Risk

Senegal’s dollar bonds fell this week as a budget standoff threatens to delay the government’s efforts to secure a $2.2 ...

The End of Convergence

Why the Developing World Is Falling Behind Again

How Global Energy Markets Survived Eight Months of Iran War Disruptions

Six months ago, I wrote that Americans were experiencing the Iran war primarily through higher prices, while much of the...

BREAKING NEWS: Japan, Mexico top diplomats agree to strengthen energy ties

BREAKING NEWS: Japan, Mexico top diplomats agree to strengthen energy ties Read full story here

Russia tags UK NGO raising funds for Ukraine as undesirable — prosecutor’s office

Eurovision Mission to Europe has announced its active support for Ukrainian forces

Indonesia's wiretapping scandal opens a political fault line

Senior police officers are accused of illegally monitoring President Prabowo Subianto, exposing rival networks within In...

FBI Says North Korean Hackers Stole Over $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has established that threat actors tied to the Democratic People's Republ...

Ransomware attack on Belarusian cloud firm disrupts businesses for days

ActiveCloud said hackers had breached its systems and encrypted parts of its cloud infrastructure, leaving customers una...

Iran Is Poking The Bear

Tehran has been playing a dangerous game of chicken with the U.S. administration for months. With the just concluded mid...

The truth about Douma: How Syria covered up a chemical attack

On April 7, 2018, the Syrian town of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, was targeted by a chemical attack....

Roscosmos says establishing launch sites in other countries still priority

Sergey Krikalyov, the agency's deputy head for manned space programs, said that joint projects with various countries wi...