Here's a rundown of all the news you need to know for Sunday, including US air traffic control system stable after a nationwide outage, according to the US aviation officials; Iran's Revolutionary Guard saying 2 oil tankers hit mines and caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz; and the Kremlin saying Putin, Xi and Trump will hold a trilateral meeting in southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Nov. 19.
The US air traffic control system remained stable following a nationwide outage, but thousands of flights were expected to be canceled as airlines worked to restore normal operations, said Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford.
"This morning, the system remains stable, and our airline partners are working through the operational recovery," Bedford told reporters at a news conference with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Bedford said airlines were expected to cancel between 4,000 and 5,000 of the approximately 41,000 flights scheduled as they worked to reposition aircraft and crews stranded by the nationwide ground stop.
Two oil tankers struck naval mines and caught fire south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said.
The force said the vessels were attempting to pass through the waterway undetected along an unauthorized route, with their navigation and automatic identification systems switched off.
The Iranian naval force said the mine strikes triggered explosions and large fires aboard the tankers.
A trilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will be held Nov. 19 in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
In an interview with Russian state news agency Tass, Peskov said, “An agreement has been reached to hold a trilateral meeting on the 19th between President Putin, Chairman Xi and President Trump. This meeting will take place in Shenzhen on the sidelines of the APEC summit.”
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is scheduled for Nov. 18 - 19 in Shenzhen.
- Türkiye and 17 other countries strongly condemned an Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, which caused casualties among patients and medical personnel, and urged Israel to uphold a ceasefire and allow unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid.
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Unal Ustel condemned the burning of Turkish and TRNC flags by Greek Cypriot youths during protests in the Greek Cypriot Administration, describing it as an attack on the honor of the Turkish nation.
- A fire swept through a Syrian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon, destroying all 59 tents housing 75 families, said witnesses.
- An Israeli drone strike killed a Palestinian and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip, amid continued violations of the ceasefire agreement, according to medical sources.
- Democrat Mary Peltola widened her lead against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska's closely contested Senate race, while President Donald Trump ally Lauren Boebert lost her House seat in Colorado as vote counting continued nearly two weeks after the US midterm elections.
-An Abu Dhabi court sentenced eight people to six months in prison for a hotel brawl involving mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department announced.
- Thousands took to the streets in 32 cities in Portugal, demanding urgent government action to address the worsening housing crisis.
- Pakistani security forces killed 24 “terrorists” in intelligence-based operations in North Waziristan and Balochistan, while soldiers were killed in separate engagements, said the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),
- Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed 10 civilians since Thursday in Al-Nuhud, the second-largest city in West Kordofan state, according to a local relief group.
- Italy's data protection authority has fined Meta €805 million ($900 million) for accessing photos, videos and related metadata stored on Italian users' Android devices without obtaining specific and informed consent.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it shot down a US MQ-1 drone flying above Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Bolivian counterpart, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, discussed ties and regional issues in Istanbul.
Denmark handed Portugal their first defeat of the UEFA Nations League campaign with a 4-1 away victory, as Rasmus Hojlund scored twice to lift the visitors into second place in Group A4.
The Danes ended Portugal's four-match winning streak at Estadio Municipal de Braga in the hosts' first match since Cristiano Ronaldo's retirement from international football.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg opened the scoring in the 43rd minute, converting a penalty awarded after a video assistant referee review found Portuguese defender Ruben Dias had handled the ball inside the box.
The Philippines won the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia as 19-year-old singer Carmelle claimed the title with her female empowerment anthem Sobra-Sobra in Bangkok.
Carmelle, the youngest contestant in the competition, beat performers from 10 other Asian countries at the One Bangkok Forum, securing 211 points to become the contest's first-ever champion.
The Filipino singer topped the jury and public votes, receiving 93 points from national juries and 118 points from viewers, according to the European Broadcasting Union.
SpaceX achieved a major milestone in rocket reusability after its Starship spacecraft was caught by giant robotic arms at its Texas launch facility following a mission lasting more than 22 hours.
The maneuver, carried out at SpaceX's Starbase facility, marked the first time an upper-stage rocket returning from orbit was caught and brought to a safe, upright position by its launch tower.
The launch tower, nicknamed Mechazilla, uses two enormous mechanical arms designed to catch returning rockets rather than allowing them to land on the ground.
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