Saturday, October 24, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: U.S. warns Iranian plots against Americans are 'advanced'; Rubio calls on Cubans to work with the CIA; 9th Circuit sets Saturday deadline on noncitizen ballots
- U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots to kill Americans abroad have reached 'advanced stages'; Tehran vows to keep U.S. ships out of the Gulf
- Magnitude 7 earthquake in China's Tibet kills 16 and injures 76
- Update: Kenya reports second Ebola death as the U.S. makes every arriving air passenger attest they haven't been in Congo
- Rubio urges Cubans to seek change through a 'discrete partnership with the CIA'; Trump floats sending Rubio to 'finish up the deal'
- 5 PM CTEvening Update: Trump says Iran strike could come 'tomorrow' or a deal; Houthis fire missiles toward Mecca and Medina; 9th Circuit hears ballot case Sunday
- Update: Trump says the U.S. could strike Iran 'tomorrow' or reach a deal; WSJ reports carrier crews loading munitions
- Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Mecca and Medina
- Update: Jordan church attack death toll rises to 9; government blames 'extremist takfiri ideology'
- Update: Nearly 1,000 arrested across France as 70,000 police face renewed nationwide protests