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November 7: Trump Reports Qeshm Island Strikes as Mexico Advances Internet Cutoff Bill
In Iran
President Trump says the United States has carried out new strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, while also claiming Washington has made “a lot of progress” in negotiations with Tehran. Axios reports that Vice President Vance has been personally involved in indirect talks with Iran over the past two weeks, aimed at securing a new ceasefire and restarting nuclear negotiations.
Off the Dutch coast
Dutch authorities say they intercepted what they believe was the first small-boat smuggling attempt to Britain launched from the Netherlands. Emergency crews found 38 migrants in an engineless rubber dinghy drifting off the southern coast last Saturday and towed it to Cadzand. Prosecutors say two Sudanese men were arrested on suspicion of involvement in human smuggling. A magistrate ordered them detained for 14 days.
In Mexico
The Senate has approved copyright changes tying internet providers’ liability protections to policies for disconnecting repeat infringers. The measure has already passed the Chamber of Deputies and now goes to President Claudia Sheinbaum, whose government proposed it to align with the USMCA trade agreement. It neither defines a repeat infringer nor sets a disconnection threshold. An opposition proposal requiring a court order before service could be cut off was not adopted.
In U.S. elections
Voters rejected data center development in 40 of the 41 measures addressing the issue in Tuesday’s midterm elections. In California, Decision Desk HQ projects that voters rejected a proposed wealth tax on billionaire residents. Its analysis showed 54 percent opposed and 46 percent in favor, with 76 percent of the vote counted. The Hill reports that tech and business executives spent hundreds of millions of dollars opposing the tax.
In Paraguay
President Santiago Peña was removed from office and placed under house arrest on Friday amid a banking crisis.
In cybersecurity
Microsoft says a Cambodia-based hacking group it calls Storm-3358 began using the ARTEX AI framework to target financial organizations in October 2026. The company says the attackers combine AI agents with conventional tools to scan internet-facing systems, exploit security flaws, and install remote-access malware. According to Microsoft, the group primarily targets Southeast Asia, along with some large financial firms elsewhere, using the malware to maintain access and move through compromised networks.
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