Sunday

November 8, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 10 people are injured in Araihazar, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, during a clash between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at a National Revolution and Solidarity Day program. (Prothom Alo in Bengali)

Middle Eastern crisis

Production is temporarily suspended at the Khor Mor gas field in Iraqi Kurdistan after a liquefied petroleum gas storage tank at the site is hit by a drone. No group claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters) (AFP via South China Morning Post)

Gaza war

Gaza humanitarian crisis

At least five people are killed, including four children, and several injured people are rescued after heavy rain and flooding caused a sandbank to collapse in Deir el-Balah, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Yemeni civil war

Houthi–Saudi conflict

Several floors of Aramco Tower, a skyscraper owned by Saudi Aramco located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, are damaged after a Houthi ballistic missile is intercepted over the city by Saudi air defense systems. No casualties or injuries are reported. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)

2026 Iran war

Iranian state media reports that explosions are heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz after reporting that the U.S. military fired projectiles. (Middle East Eye)

Mexican drug war

Mexican Navy personnel, working with intelligence from the National Intelligence Center and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, arrest Rafael Álvarez Ayala, the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel cell "Los Rs", in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. He is wounded in a shootout during the operation and is wanted on a Michoacán warrant for aggravated homicide. (Al Jazeera) (Infobae in Spanish) (El Financiero in Spanish)

Business and economy

Nvidia alleged spying scandal

NVIDIA announces it is opening an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after American intelligence reported that a close associate of Huang was a spy for China. Huang admitted to an extramarital affair with the associate in a letter to the company earlier in the day. (BBC News) (The New York Times)