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Tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz, as Iran keeps up pressure after US midterm vote

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Nov 3.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 5, 2026

US President Donald Trump speaking to the media on Nov 4 inside the upcoming White House ballroom, following his Republican Party’s drubbing in the US midterm elections.

Democratic Congress could test decades of US support for Israel

Israel’s Gaza campaign and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s embrace of US President Donald Trump have strained decades of bipartisan US support for Israel.

Trump says Republicans harmed by Iran war, inability to transfer love for him to midterms candidates

US President Donald Trump addressing construction workers at the upcoming new White House ballroom on Nov 4.

US slaps sanctions on Indian, Turkish firms and people for aiding Iran

A banner depicting (from left) US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice-President J.D. Vance on a street in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Nov 3.

Deal or escalation? Beaten in US midterms, Trump faces stark choice on Iran

Iranians holding a cartoon placard of US President Donald Trump take part in an anti-US rally in Tehran on Nov 4.

Explainer-Five ways US foreign policy may change with a Democratic Congress

The US Capitol on the day of the US midterm elections in Washington, DC, US, November 3, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Heuer

Vance repudiates Iran war after US electoral defeat

Pictures of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a dartboard during the 47th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

China says avoiding new hostilities in Middle East a ‘top priority’

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 2.

Gold steadies as traders track Iran talk prospects, US midterms

The precious metal’s movement has been choppy this week on conflicting signals on the progress of US-Iran talks.

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