The Bad News Beat
What went wrong today, on the record
Thursday, November 12, 2026 (UTC) · No. 2
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Latest · Thursday, November 12, 2026
ConflictNeither war nor peace at Hormuz as tankers burn and both sides wait
CrimeOne hoax bomb email reaches about 6,300 Italian schools in a morning
ConflictGunmen burn a Nigerian vigilante's family in their home in Zamfara
CrimeUS soldier at NATO base in England arrested as suspected Russian spy
ConflictGunmen kill eight on a road-building crew near Kenya's border with Somalia
CrimeUS says a jailed man ran a plot on a British air base
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