Friday, November 13, 2026
World Brief Now

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Friday, November 13, 2026

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

  1. 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Zelenskyy says Europe joins next peace round and a record prisoner swap is coming; Iran claims hit on U.S. radar in Bahrain; Sen. Scott summons Lutnick and Huang; Starship flies today
    • Update: After meeting U.S. envoys in Dublin, Zelenskyy says Europe will join the next round of peace talks and the biggest prisoner swap of the war is being prepared
    • Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims it destroyed a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain as Tehran says more tankers hit mines in Hormuz
    • Iran tells the UN nuclear watchdog inspections can't resume while it is "under threat"; IAEA "increasingly concerned" about uninspected Isfahan plant
    • Update: U.S. Army officer held in Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia is named as Lt. Col. Brandon Tyner; charges expected next week
  2. 5 PM CTFAA lifts nationwide ground stop after air traffic communications outage; departures resume
    • FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after air traffic communications outage; departures resume
    • Analysis: Microsoft says its global outage was 'not related to cyber.' Five questions before its report comes out
    • FAA halts departures at every U.S. airport after a communications outage hits air traffic control centers; DHS says no sign yet of an attack
    • Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Trump can suspend asylum at the southern border