God Morgon · Sunday, 8 November 2026

Türkiye

Fidan calls for global framework to protect Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Black Sea

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told the TRT World Forum in Istanbul on Saturday that growing insecurity in the Black Sea, the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb now threatens global trade and energy supplies. He called for a practical framework built on shared responsibility among states, not a new bureaucracy, to keep shipping lanes open and diversify transport and energy corridors. 'A shipping lane can become a battlefield, as we've seen in the Black Sea,' he said.

Source: Daily Sabah · Saturday, 7 November 2026

Europe

Gunman kills six in Kraków's main square, Poland declares days of mourning

A 25-year-old Polish man with no criminal record opened fire with a military-style rifle while driving through Kraków's historic Main Square on Saturday, killing six people and wounding sixteen, two of them police officers. Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz called it an act of terror; officials said the attacker, who was not a soldier despite early reports, held far-right views. President Karol Nawrocki declared national mourning for Sunday and Monday, 8 and 9 November.

Source: Euronews · Saturday, 7 November 2026

More than 140,000 rally across France as cost-of-living protests continue

Around 146,000 people demonstrated nationwide on Saturday against the rising cost of living and fuel prices, according to the interior ministry, days after an estimated 575,000 joined a union-organised rally; unions put Saturday's number at 250,000. The protests, which began in September over school conditions, continued into a fourth consecutive weekend ahead of April's presidential election. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, who used tear gas in Paris and Lyon.

Source: Al Jazeera · Saturday, 7 November 2026

The World

Israel's president picks Eisenkot over Netanyahu to form next government

President Isaac Herzog told Gadi Eisenkot on Saturday evening that he would task him with forming Israel's next government, passing over Benjamin Netanyahu, with a formal ceremony planned for 8 November. Eisenkot drew recommendations from 67 of the Knesset's 120 lawmakers against 46 for Netanyahu. Eisenkot's own four-party alliance holds only 48 seats; the gap was closed by Arab-led parties, which won a record 19 seats in the 27 October election and recommended him despite his having previously ruled out governing with them. Netanyahu's 53-seat bloc gave him just 46 recommendations, after at least one religious party declined to back him. Eisenkot now has 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension, to build a coalition of at least 61 seats.

Source: Al Jazeera · Saturday, 7 November 2026

Iran reports new Qeshm explosions as US disables a vessel that defied warnings

Iranian state media reported explosions at Qeshm island and the port of Jask on Saturday evening, days after US strikes on the island that Tehran has not officially confirmed. Iran's military said two tankers caught fire on Sunday after striking mines while using an 'unauthorised route' through the Strait of Hormuz, and US Central Command disabled a St Kitts-flagged vessel that ignored warnings while trying to leave the area after visiting an Iranian port. President Trump called Friday's US strikes on Iranian air defences 'limited' and 'minor', as Tehran reviews a Qatari mediation proposal for indirect talks with Washington.

Source: ABC News Australia · Sunday, 8 November 2026