Iranian officials warn on Sunday, November 1, 2026 that any renewed military conflict with the United States could last longer than the previous round of fighting.
Month: November 2026
Israeli strike kills 8 including boy in Gaza, and other Mideast news
The Associated Press reports that an Israeli strike in Gaza City killed eight Palestinians, including four-year-old Yazan Oweis, while Iranian negotiators meet in Qatar over a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
United Arab Emirates says military solutions offer no quick off-ramps in Mideast
Speaking at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain on Sunday, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash calls for regional diplomacy and candidly critiques the lack of collective Gulf defense coordination during the Iran conflict.
Why is Morocco celebrating the defeat of a UN resolution on Western Sahara?
Al Jazeera examines the geopolitical fallout in North Africa after Russia vetoed a US-drafted UN resolution and the MINURSO peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara expired.
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric confirms that November 1, 2026 marks the official start of the liquidation period for the 35-year MINURSO peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara after the UN Security Council failed to renew its mandate.
A new strategy is needed to address the harms related to cocaine and other drugs
Public health specialists in The Guardian call for updated harm-reduction and treatment policies to address rising health harms linked to cocaine and synthetic drugs.
Rare beetle that oozes substance from its knees when attacked rediscovered in Wales
Conservationists rediscover the rare short-necked oil beetle in Wales, an insect known for secreting an oily defensive droplet from its leg joints when threatened.
Ozone pollution reached dangerous levels for billions of people in 2026
An analysis from Europe’s atmosphere monitoring service reports that only 5% of the global population breathed WHO-standard ‘good’ ground-level ozone air in 2026, with nearly 40% exposed to the highest pollution tier.
Diamond Light Source announces new Chair of the Board
The UK’s national synchrotron science facility Diamond Light Source announces the appointment of its new Chair of the Board.
KAIST cuts AI fine-tuning from 10 hours to 3… faster development of medical and coding AI
Researchers at KAIST led by Professor Jae-Gil Lee unveil a distributed in-memory system presented at EMNLP 2026 that slashes large language model fine-tuning time from 10 hours to three hours for medical and coding applications.