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A drone struck the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on 8 November 2026, and security sources cited by Reuters said production was halted.
McLaren's Lando Norris won a rain-affected race at Interlagos ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar, while Mercedes secured the 2026 constructors' championship with George Russell fourth and Kimi Antonelli fifth.
The late comeback at Old Trafford on 8 November 2026 leaves United 18th in the Premier League, and BBC Sport reports that manager Michael Carrick has ruled out walking away.
Iraq's foreign minister said the United States asked Iraq to close all but two of its border crossings with Iran, according to Reuters and Anadolu Agency; the reports do not include any US or Iranian response.
A Senegalese female wrestler won gold in beach wrestling at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, a medal France 24 and AP both describe as the host nation's first, though they differ on what it is the first of.
Protesters, many dressed in red, demanded sanctions on Israel and a halt to arms sales, and organiser Amnesty International Netherlands put turnout at more than 200,000, a figure not independently confirmed.
The ANC won roughly 30% of the vote in the 4 November 2026 municipal elections and the Democratic Alliance about 25%, leaving several major cities without a majority party and facing coalition talks.
US President Donald Trump said renewed US military action against Iran was "highly unlikely," according to Anadolu Agency, TASS and Reuters. Anadolu Agency and Reuters report that he tied this to progress in talks, with Reuters crediting CNN as the original source.
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Ben Shelton 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 in Paris on 8 November 2026, winning his ninth ATP Masters 1000 title two months after losing to the American at the US Open.
The US military has set up Task Force Iron Gate in Tampa, Florida, to extend its pressure on Iranian commerce from sea routes to land routes, while an Iranian Revolutionary Guards spokesman said the plan will not collapse Iran's economy.
Preliminary results leave it unclear who will govern New Zealand, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's right-wing bloc reported narrowly ahead and final results due on 27 November.
Rahm finished at 23 under par, two shots ahead of Tyrrell Hatton and four ahead of Rory McIlroy, whose third place lifted him to second in the Race to Dubai before the season finale.
Five claims on which our three AI fact-checkers split this week, from a possible shared wire origin to a drug's brand-name spelling, and how each was settled.
Egypt's Health Ministry says a collision between two trains in Giza province on 8 November 2026 killed four people and injured 88, in what two outlets describe as an initial count.
A power line to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was disconnected on 8 November 2026, and the IAEA and the plant's management say it is again relying on diesel generators, while the cause remains unclear.
Senegal's Interior Ministry says 21 bodies were recovered and one person was rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank near Kebemer on 7 November 2026, and calls the toll provisional.
Dalian Yingbo won the Chinese Super League on head-to-head record after beating Tianjin Tiger 3-1, while John Aloisi's Chengdu Rongcheng lost 3-2 to Shandong Taishan for a fourth straight defeat.
Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of people, with the largest figure reported in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the energy company DTEK and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Australia defeated Samoa in a men's Rugby League World Cup semi-final, with Reece Walsh scoring three tries, in a rematch of the previous World Cup final.
The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two ballistic missiles over Riyadh on 8 November 2026, and France 24 reports that falling debris caused limited damage to an Aramco building, a day after Yemen's Houthi-run health ministry said Saudi strikes near Sanaa killed at least 33 people.