The Conspectus
Conspectus — Latin for “a view of the whole.” The week’s world at a glance: every country the brief touched in the trailing seven days, sized by activity — then what’s driving it, what moved, and the tally by region.
MARKER SIZE = ITEMS IN THE TRAILING 7 DAYS · 63 ITEMS ACROSS 63 COUNTRIES · AS OF 29 OCT 26
Replay — now
Most active this week
Movers vs last week
Countries with more coverage than the prior seven days, or new on the board.
By region
What changed this week
Desks whose state-of-play read shifted in the last seven days.
- Transnational Organized Crime 29 Oct 26A reported Guasave Cartel leader killing and Costa Rica's new mega-prison joined the picture.
- South America & Caribbean 29 Oct 26The UN vote on the Cuba embargo fell to 130 in favour, the weakest backing in two decades, adding a Caribbean diplomatic signal.
- Partnerships & Engagement 29 Oct 26UN backing for ending the Cuba embargo fell to 130 votes and Costa Rica opened its mega-prison.
- North America 29 Oct 26A Mexican Navy strike on a mid-tier Sinaloa-state leader adds to the week's enforcement picture; identity confirmation is pending.
- National Security 29 Oct 26Taiwan flagged about 50 Chinese vessels and the Houthis closed Aden airport.
- Illegal Immigration 29 Oct 26Rwanda was reported as the return-hub site, Estonia reported 388 detentions, and Moyale arrivals rose to up to 50,000.
- Europe 29 Oct 26Rwanda was reported as the likely return-hub site and Estonia disclosed 388 Belarus-route detentions since July.
- Asia / Pacific 29 Oct 26Taiwan publicly flagged about 50 Chinese vessels, the widest spread reported this week.
- Africa / Middle East 29 Oct 26Aden airport was struck and closed to air traffic, the Nyala toll was reported above 100 by one group, and Moyale arrivals in Kenya rose from 14,000 to up to 50,000.
- Kenya 28 Oct 26Case count held at nine as 20 contacts completed quarantine.
- DR Congo 28 Oct 26Cases crossed 10,000, up from 9,765 in the previous read, and the vaccine trial launched.
- Sudan 27 Oct 26The air war reached Nyala.
- Mexico 27 Oct 26A freight strike joins the treason case; no border crossing is reported closed.
- Jordan 27 Oct 26Arrests gave way to cross-border strikes and a closed crossing.
- Haiti 27 Oct 26The search became a surge of about 450 troops.
- European Union 27 Oct 26The proposal now has detail: hubs, a rapid-response force and a social-media unit.
- El Salvador 27 Oct 26The deployment grew from the first 100 to about 450.
- Yemen 26 Oct 26Coalition strikes in Sanaa followed the Riyadh claims.
- Venezuela 26 Oct 26Machado returned to Venezuela.
- Saudi Arabia 26 Oct 26New Houthi claims against Riyadh and the pipeline.
- Iran 26 Oct 26The Hormuz backlog was quantified.
- China 26 Oct 26A Paracel runway report was added.
- Brazil 26 Oct 26The runoff resolved for Lula.
- Taiwan 23 Oct 26Pressure extended to the Pacific side via militia boats.
- Russia 23 Oct 26Germany arrest and Cuba migration warning added.
- Egypt 23 Oct 26Quarterly border-guard seizure tally published.