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An explosion and fire at the Habas steel plant in Aliaga, western Turkey, killed at least 10 workers and injured 15, the provincial governor said, with four people still believed under the rubble. President Erdoğan later put the death toll at 16; the two official counts have not been reconciled.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the EU will activate a special emergency mechanism to quickly fund Ukraine's power, water and heating needs after Russian strikes, following a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen; no amount or date has been announced.

A Super Puma helicopter collecting water to fight forest fires crashed into the Barito River in South Kalimantan on November 8, killing Indonesian crew member Yayan Supyansuri; the Australian and New Zealand crew members survived.

At least 16 people were killed and 13 injured in an explosion at the Habas iron and steel plant in Aliağa, Turkey, when an overhead crane fell into an electric arc furnace during casting operations.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Japan's Ibaraki coast on Monday, shaking Tokyo and nearby prefectures, with no casualties or damage reported and no tsunami warning issued.

Mexican authorities arrested Rafael Alvarez, alias R2, the alleged head of the Jalisco cartel's Los Rs cell, in Zapopan with intelligence shared by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

A fire in a mixed-use high-rise in downtown Taiyuan killed 14 people and sent 38 to hospital; the toll rose from five confirmed on Sunday night, and the cause is still under investigation.

The death toll from the migrant boat that capsized off north-western Senegal has risen from 21 to at least 35, emergency services told AFP, with one survivor found and an unknown number still missing.

Ukrainian drones struck the KINEF refinery in Kirishi overnight, setting fires at Russia's second-largest refinery, as the regional governor said air defences downed 81 drones, later raised to 113.

A magnitude 5.7 quake with epicenter in western Shizuoka Prefecture shook central Japan early on November 8, registering upper 5 intensity in Chita, Aichi, the strongest there in 29 years, and injured at least 22 people with no tsunami.

Greek authorities recovered the bodies of 12 migrants from a boat about 15 nautical miles south of Crete early on November 9, while a cargo ship rescued 18 survivors from the same vessel; two other boats with dozens more were also rescued nearby.

Britain and France have opened Exercise Koalicja in Poland, the first major exercise of the Multinational Force Ukraine, with 2,800 troops from 11 nations rehearsing how a force would deploy to support Ukraine after the fighting ends.