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Monday, 26 October 2026
Trump says he must choose between a deal and finishing Iran off, while Lula wins in Brazil, Vučić concedes in Serbia and AI spending fears rattle markets.
Sunday, 25 October 2026
The US weighs a possible strike on Iran while Israel, Yemen and Ukraine see fresh violence and Brazil and Serbia head to the polls.
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Iran stand-off fears, fresh violence from Hebron to Karak and a tech sell-off marked a day before elections in Brazil and Serbia.
Friday, 23 October 2026
Reported Iranian claims of ship attacks near Hormuz and talk of renewed US-Israeli strikes pushed oil to a five-month high, while French bond stress and a deadly drone strike in Abyei marked the wider day.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Netanyahu calls for Iran's regime to fall as Hormuz stays shut, while Putin frees a US citizen and France's borrowing costs pass 5%.
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Oil and gas prices jumped on Gulf attacks, the US-Ukraine rift widened ahead of Witkoff's trip to Putin, and French unrest brought curfews and troops.
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Iran says its Hormuz offer stands as attacks on shipping continue, while Houthi strikes, Russian missiles on Kyiv and drone killings in Sudan mark a violent day.
Monday, 19 October 2026
Trump's Russia sanctions waiver deepens his rift with Zelensky as Ukraine's drone war, Gulf attacks and AI-linked market jitters shape the day.
Sunday, 18 October 2026
Pope Leo XIV left hospital for the Vatican as a stampede at a Kolkata festival pavilion killed at least 17.
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Oil above $110 and a tense EU summit framed a day of Ukraine strikes, Iran threats, new Chinese tech export curbs and a deadly school roof collapse in Pakistan.
Friday, 16 October 2026
Ukraine and Russia escalate attacks on energy targets as the Gulf conflict and hot US inflation data rattle Asian tech stocks.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Russian strikes cut power to at least 600,000 Ukrainians and Kyiv reported Starlink curbs, while Houthi attacks, Hormuz shipping losses and a global chip rout shaped a tense day.
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Saudi-led strikes on Sanaa and record attacks on Hormuz shipping raised Gulf tensions, while an IMF warning and a chip-stock rout unsettled markets.
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Houthi strikes shut Riyadh's main airport and Russia's attacks continued despite Trump's announced energy ceasefire, while the EU tightened sanctions on Moscow.
Monday, 12 October 2026
Trump's announcement of an energy ceasefire in Ukraine met doubt from Kyiv, while Houthi strikes on Riyadh, tension over Hormuz and an energy shock at the IMF meetings shaped the rest of the day.
Sunday, 11 October 2026
Trump's diesel deal with Putin and his call for a new Ukrainian leader dominated a day that also saw a Houthi missile strike on Riyadh's airport and a fatal imported Ebola case in Kenya.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Friday, 9 October 2026
A Russian bomb killed 33 on buses in Kramatorsk, while Houthi attacks on Riyadh, bond market stress and an AI-driven chip boom shaped the rest of the day.
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports and record tanker attacks near Hormuz widened the Gulf war, while a Russian barrage killed at least 24 in Ukraine and bond yields climbed.
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
A Ukrainian drone barrage on the Moscow region and the sinking of a cargo ship off Bulgaria widened the war's reach, while the Gulf, Yemen and Kenya's first Ebola death added to a crowded day.
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro's first-round lead over Lula in Brazil, tensions from Hormuz to Yemen, and a weaker euro on French debt worries shaped the day.
Monday, 5 October 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro edged Lula in Brazil's first round while Russia hit Kyiv during Merz's visit, Hormuz tanker attacks resumed and US Treasury yields topped 5%.
Sunday, 16 August 2026
Hormuz hardens, Lebanon and Kyiv come under fire, markets set records, and Ebola outruns the response in Congo.
Saturday, 15 August 2026
Trump lays claim to the Strait of Hormuz as oil climbs, the West Bank and Black Sea harden, and four Central Asian states go dark at once.
Friday, 14 August 2026
Tanker attacks in Hormuz put Iran at the centre of the day, with Israeli operations, a Black Sea truce offer and a spreading Ebola outbreak alongside.
Thursday, 13 August 2026
A shut waterway sets the price of oil, drones do the fighting from the Black Sea to Sudan, and a quiet rollback in Washington reopens the world's shell companies.
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
A US helicopter fires on a cargo ship off Iran, a Damascus court sentences Assad to death, and Colombia's earthquake toll passes 200.
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Colombia digs out from its strongest quake in a decade while Hormuz stays shut, Trump bills Tehran, and Wall Street stakes $500bn on AI.
Monday, 10 August 2026
A day shaped by blocked diplomacy over Gaza, a strait that stays closed, and the widening reach of China's chip and AI industry.
Sunday, 9 August 2026
A closed strait, drones crossing borders in Europe, and markets that kept climbing anyway.
Saturday, 8 August 2026
Washington signals a deal to reopen Hormuz as its top general questions the air campaign, while Riyadh, Ankara and Islamabad seal a mutual defence pact.
Friday, 7 August 2026
A near-final Iran-Oman deal on the Strait of Hormuz lifts oil and gold, while Lebanon, Yemen and Congo's Ebola outbreak pull the day elsewhere.
Thursday, 6 August 2026
A possible Hormuz deal, a deadly strike on Kyiv, a drone bomb at Leipzig airport and $100bn in tariff refunds.
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Hormuz edges toward reopening while Gaza, Ukraine and Ceuta keep the pressure on, and an overstretched Ebola response passes 1,600 deaths.
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Trump calls talks Iran's "last chance" while Tehran denies any contact, as Hormuz stays blocked, Gaza's truce frays and Europe's rivers run dry.
Monday, 3 August 2026
Trump calls off a strike wave and opens talks with Tehran, while Gaza, Russia, Sudan and Pakistan count their dead and Hungary loses its only nuclear plant to a shrinking Danube.
Sunday, 2 August 2026
Trump halts a strike wave on Iran while Kyiv, Gaza and the Gulf stay under fire, and Europe's heat reaches its power grids.
Saturday, 1 August 2026
Iran's war with the United States reaches Hormuz and Kuwait, Hamas accepts a disarmament deal, and the AI trade splits between record investment and a collapsing hedge fund.
Friday, 31 July 2026
Washington and Tehran trade strikes across three Gulf states, Trump claims a Hamas disarmament deal, and Anthropic reports its own models breaking into outside systems.
Thursday, 30 July 2026
Iran and the United States traded strikes across Jordan, Iran and Iraq on day 152 of the war, oil jumped about 8 percent, and a divided Federal Reserve left rates unchanged.
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Trump receives Zelensky and Netanyahu as Iran strikes a US base in Jordan, a Kumamoto earthquake kills at least 13, and a report on Chinese lithography machines knocks chip shares worldwide.
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
A third day of quiet between Washington and Tehran sends oil sharply lower, while Ukraine's war spreads to the Caspian and record fires drive 375,000 from their homes in southern Europe.
Monday, 27 July 2026
Israel opens Gaza to an international stabilisation force as Iran threatens a wider war, Chinese chips and open-weight AI reset the technology map, and fires, floods and Ebola stretch governments on three continents.
Sunday, 26 July 2026
Oil breaks $100 as the Iran war pauses without a framework, fires drive 300,000 from their homes in Spain and France, and a Ukrainian holiday camp becomes a killing ground.
Saturday, 25 July 2026
Oil above $100 and a third US tariff round meet escalation talk over Iran, the year's largest drone exchange over Russia and Ukraine, and wildfire emergencies in France and Spain.