Wednesday, October 14, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Russia pounds Ukraine's grid despite energy ceasefire; Houthis vow more Saudi attacks; Pope Leo recovering after cancer surgery
- Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with 39 missiles and 128 drones; 600,000 lose electricity despite "energy ceasefire"
- Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports and oil sites as another missile is downed over Riyadh
- Pope Leo XIV has "calm" night after surgery confirms lung cancer
- Trump says "massive" oil, gas and mineral exploration is about to begin in Greenland
- 5 PM CTEvening Update: Musk says U.S. controls Starshield limits hitting Ukraine; Court leans toward video-privacy suit; DOJ appeals media-ban block
- Musk says U.S. military and Trump control Starshield speed limits disrupting Ukraine as Russia pounds the grid
- Houthis vow more Saudi airport and oil strikes after Aramco HQ hit; Trump says rebels are "behaving very badly"
- Pope Leo XIV walking and eating normally after lung-cancer surgery; doctors say recovery is on track
- DOJ appeals order blocking White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW