World Briefing: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026

Status: Daily briefing. Each item names its source. Items marked UNCONFIRMED have not been independently confirmed.

1. Japan and the Philippines

Japan is providing the Philippines with coastal radar and surveillance drones under a $27 million grant, the first finished equipment delivered under Tokyo's Official Security Assistance program, AP reports.

2. Abu Dhabi talks and the G7 in Paris

U.S.-mediated talks among Russia, Ukraine, and the United States are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, the first meeting in that format since February, AP reports. Security guarantees are on the agenda. The Kremlin has named Vladimir Medinsky among its participants. Moscow has described the format as trilateral, even as France's foreign minister said Europe would be represented.

In Paris, G7 foreign ministers pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a European role in any deal. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said after meeting Rubio: "Europe belongs at this table. There can be no solution without Europe – only with Europe." He said the Abu Dhabi talks must show whether Russia is "genuinely prepared to negotiate" and warned against a "negotiation show." It was Rubio's first meeting with allies since the midterms. Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, was due to join a Ukraine session on Tuesday and said beforehand, "No one has the right to decide our fate behind our backs" (Al Jazeera, citing AFP and Reuters).

Overnight into Monday, PBS/AP and the Kyiv Independent reported a large Russian drone-and-missile attack on Ukraine's grid, including a strike on an Odesa warehouse holding school food that killed three people, and Ukrainian drone strikes that set fire to the KINEF refinery at Kirishi, more than 1,200 kilometers from the border. The EU has moved to fast-track funding for grid repairs, those reports said.

3. Iran — see Israel desk

President Trump said the Iran war is ending "fairly soon" and that further strikes are "quite unlikely," while describing U.S. forces as "locked and loaded." Iranian officials claimed strikes on Qeshm overnight Sunday-Monday; the United States has not publicly confirmed those reports. Tehran has denied planned Vance-Rezaei talks. Full story: Trump Says Iran War Ending 'Fairly Soon'; IDF Preparing Two Scenarios.

UNCONFIRMED: A report of a roughly $8 billion Qatari-related deal has not been independently confirmed. It is not repeated in detail here. See Report: Gulf Mediators Float Iran Nuclear Framework; Trump Keeps Strikes on the Table.

4. Israel and Gaza — see Israel desk

The 26th Knesset is being sworn in Tuesday. Eisenkot holds 67 recommendations against Netanyahu's 46; the first test is the speakership. Full story: 26th Knesset Is Being Sworn In Tuesday; Kahana Speakership Is First Test.

The Board of Peace called weekend flooding in Gaza an immediate humanitarian emergency; the IDF released tent and truck figures. Full story: Board of Peace Calls Gaza Flooding an Immediate Humanitarian Emergency.

Arab News, citing Axios, has reported that Trump told Netanyahu to move ahead on the Gaza peace plan after the Israeli election. That item is not independently expanded here.

5. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis

The Saudi-led coalition said Tuesday it intercepted a ballistic missile and a cruise missile over Riyadh and another ballistic missile over the south of the country, and blamed Yemen's Houthis, Al Jazeera reported, citing AFP and coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis in that report.

6. Tigray — background

Fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region is ongoing. Earlier this month, federal troops were reported to have taken Sheraro (Nov. 3), and ACLED later reported they recaptured Rama (Nov. 7), a claim that has been disputed. A curfew in Mekelle and Chinese mediation efforts between Ethiopia and Eritrea have also been reported. Those dates are background, not new developments dated Tuesday.

What to watch

The Abu Dhabi talks through Wednesday; any confirmed U.S.-Iran diplomatic movement; the Knesset speaker vote in Jerusalem.