🇺🇸 United States World15 November 2026

Washington deploys a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East in the face of Iran

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on UG Diplomat

The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is due to arrive in the Middle East on Monday 16 November, joining two carriers already deployed there, the George H.W. Bush and the George Washington. Washington is also sending around 10,000 additional soldiers, including Marines: three carriers gathered in the region, a concentration not seen since April 2026, according to UG Diplomat.

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The mayor of Dreux, Abdel-Kader Guerza, died on 14 November 2026 at the age of 69, eight months after his election in March. Elected with 41.3% of the vote against outgoing mayor Pierre-Frédéric Billet, he had previously run a hospital and served as sub-prefect then prefect, according to BFMTV. His death prompted several tributes from elected officials.

🇫🇷 France · Source: Observ'Algérie · 15 Nov

Iran claims 73 US drones shot down since conflict began

Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim to have destroyed 73 US drones since the conflict began, including 17 MQ-1s and 56 MQ-9s. The latest MQ-1 was reportedly shot down on 14 November over Iran’s Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz; the figure is unverified and Washington has not confirmed losses on this scale, according to the Zambian Observer.

🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Zambian Observer · 15 Nov

1,488 migrants arrive in Spain’s Canary Islands in one day

About 1,488 migrants were rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday 14 November, according to Al Jazeera, the highest daily total since 2020. Other counts give figures of 757 or 1,580 people. The boats set off from Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea.

🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Al Jazeera · 15 Nov

Pope Léon XIV visits Cusco and the Peruvian Amazon on Sunday

Léon XIV, the first Peruvian pope, is due to travel 2,270 km across Peru on Sunday in 12 hours, with four events in Cusco and Pucallpa, in the Amazon. His 12-day tour of three countries has drawn about 12 million people, according to SABC News.

🇵🇪 Peru · Source: SABC News · 15 Nov

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