Wednesday, November 11, 2026
World Brief Now

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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.

  1. 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Abu Dhabi talks end with prisoner-swap deal; 13 U.S. aircraft moved off RAF Mildenhall; House shelves Hegseth impeachment; Trump at Arlington for Veterans Day
    • Update: Abu Dhabi talks end with a deal for a large Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap; Kushner and Witkoff head to Moscow to see Putin
    • Update: 13 U.S. aircraft moved off RAF Mildenhall as base goes to FPCON Charlie over Iran-linked threat
    • Nvidia board hires ex-federal prosecutor to probe CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with alleged Chinese spy
    • FBI adds IRGC operative accused in John Bolton murder-for-hire plot to its Most Wanted Terrorists list
  2. 5 PM CTEvening Brief: Iran hits Omani navigation site in Hormuz; Ukraine talks end with swap deal, envoys to see Putin; Russia's U.S. envoy dies; Trump at Arlington vows "total victory"
    • Iran hits shipping navigation systems on Oman's Didamar island in the Strait of Hormuz, sources tell Reuters
    • Update: Abu Dhabi talks end with prisoner-swap deal but "no trust"; Kushner and Witkoff see Putin in Moscow Thursday
    • Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, dies "suddenly" at 66
    • Italy evacuates hundreds of schools as emailed bomb threats hit more than 6,000 schools; UK and Irish schools targeted too