Friday, November 13, 2026
Every news article the Bureau published that day — 23 articles, newest first. Past days never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.
What we know about China’s military exercises around Taiwan — and what the blockade claims get wrong
China has massed more than 100 warships and coast guard vessels around Taiwan in an unannounced exercise since early November. But the viral maps showing an airtight blockade are misleading: the deployment simulated pressure, it did not seal the island off.
EconomyMorocco's parliament debates its first post-MINURSO budget as MPs press jobs, aid and anti-graft pledges
The House of Representatives spent Friday debating Part One of the 2027 Finance Bill, with the governing majority hailing the end of the UN mission in the Moroccan Sahara and the opposition demanding proof that the budget's billions reach households. The government replies on Saturday, when the House votes on Part One.
WorldQuad leaders set for first summit in over two years as Manila meeting takes shape
Japan confirmed on Friday that a meeting of the leaders of the United States, India, Japan and Australia is being arranged in Manila for Tuesday, on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit — the first leaders’ gathering of the Quad since September 2024, and the first test of the grouping under Donald Trump’s second presidency.
WorldIran buries 350 unidentified soldiers of the Iran–Iraq war beside a missile display
Thousands marched through Tehran on Friday as Iran laid to rest 350 unidentified soldiers from the 1980–1988 war, with ballistic missiles on show in the capital the night before and generals warning Washington that any attack would be answered.
WorldAt least 10 killed in Guinea as a crackdown on gold mining turns deadly
A patrol enforcing Guinea's ban on artisanal gold mining met barricades in Balato, and the gunfire that followed killed 10 people. The ban has already pushed around 160,000 people into Mali and forced Burkina Faso to repatriate more than 45,000 citizens.
WorldIran says it destroyed a US radar in Bahrain. Washington says it shot the drones down
The Revolutionary Guards called Friday's strike retaliation for an attack on a telecom tower in Sirik and a warning over the Strait of Hormuz — the first Iranian claim of an attack on US assets in a Gulf state since early September.
WorldUN refugee chief calls Sudan's war 'shameful' and demands a political end to it
Barham Salih told France 24 that forced displacement stands at a record high and funding cuts are hurting people in dire need — and warned that efficiency has its limits.
WorldEleven years after the November 13 attacks, Paris remembers — and the Stade de France plays on
Homage at the Bataclan, a tribute before France–South Africa, and a city still counting what it lost: 130 dead on the night, 132 names read aloud every year since.
WorldUkraine claims record 3,000 Russian casualties in one day as war drags on
Kyiv says 2,980 Russian soldiers were killed or seriously wounded on 8 November — the highest single-day figure it has claimed — and more than 26,000 in the first ten days of the month. The claim landed in the same week as the first US-brokered peace talks since February, and Moscow answered with defiance, not concession.
WorldSix killed as eight-storey building collapses near Nairobi
The building came down in Syokimau on Friday morning while workers were concreting the ninth floor — the second deadly collapse in Nairobi in three weeks, and the 25th in Kenya this year, in a country where most inspected buildings fail safety checks.
WorldUN nuclear watchdog urges Iran to reopen its atomic sites as inspectors remain locked out
The IAEA says it has never inspected a secretive underground enrichment plant near Isfahan, cannot account for about 440kg of near-weapons-grade uranium, and calls the gap a serious proliferation concern — while Tehran says inspections cannot resume under American threats of new strikes.
EconomyMorocco and the African Development Bank sign a €434.4 million deal for reforms and climate resilience
Signed in Rabat on Friday, the financing turns the Bank’s October approval into a binding commitment — and puts Morocco’s bet on private-sector growth and climate resilience to its next test.
WorldChina’s unannounced Pacific drills massed more than 100 ships in ‘silent intimidation’ of Taiwan
Taipei says Beijing assembled its largest naval force in a year around Taiwan and across the western Pacific without announcing it, rehearsing attacks and a blockade while a submarine fired a missile — and then, just as quietly, began to pull back.
WorldAs election nears, Spain’s Sanchez struggles to rally a disillusioned left
Pedro Sanchez called a snap election betting that anger over housing and fear of the far right would unite the left behind his Socialists. Two weeks out, the polls have not moved, the streets are angrier at his government than at his opponents, and a conservative–far-right alliance looks the most likely next government.
WorldCongress summons Huang and Lutnick as the Nvidia spy scandal reaches Capitol Hill
The Senate Banking Committee wants the former Nvidia chief and the Commerce Secretary under oath in December, while three House committees demand closed-door interviews — turning a boardroom scandal into a test of America's China chip policy.
WorldErdoğan calls Gaza’s destruction an ‘ecocide’ at the COP31 climate summit
Türkiye’s president used his turn as host of the UN climate talks in Antalya to demand the world recognise the environmental ruin of the war in Gaza — and drew a furious response from Israel, which was not invited.
BusinessMalaysia weighs help for AirAsia — without putting public money at risk
Kuala Lumpur is studying formal ways to keep Southeast Asia's biggest budget carrier flying while insisting it will not simply pump cash into a private company. The decision now rests with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim — and with the debt markets.
TechnologyMicrosoft's cloud went dark in 74 countries — and the recovery would not hold
Outlook, Teams and Copilot failed across the world on Thursday, reaching 74 countries within an hour. Microsoft blamed overloaded infrastructure, but hours later its fixes were still not taking hold — and even Australia's spy agency could not log in.
The WireTrump's AI task force met Thursday to tackle AI-powered cyberattacks
Members of President Donald Trump's AI task force met on Thursday to discuss how to get critical American sectors to report AI-powered cyberattacks, as the administration confronts agents that can hack without human orders — and a threat-sharing law that lapses on 11 December.
The WireAmnesty: UN and South Sudan knew the Abiemnom massacre was coming
Amnesty International says UN peacekeepers and South Sudanese authorities had two weeks’ warning before armed men killed at least 213 people in Abiemnom — and did not act.
CultureThey refused to be silent: how a filmmaker and an activist fight sexual violence through stories
At the Singapore Writers Festival, Shiori Ito and Kamala Chandrakirana show how testimony can force open justice systems that preferred silence.
The WireNo NATO summit in Tirana in 2027, Rama says
Albania's prime minister said in Dublin that no date has been agreed for the next NATO summit, ruling out 2027, while the alliance insists the gathering will still be held in Albania.
The WireMorocco suspends new food export permits and raises basic aid to MAD 600
At its weekly meeting on Thursday, the government in Rabat suspended new export permits for tomatoes, potatoes and onions, raised the minimum direct social aid payment from MAD 500 to MAD 600 from January, and approved the transformation of the airports office into a joint-stock company.