Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is assassinated near Tehran, leading to tensions in the region.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collects a sample from the asteroid Bennu.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) concludes in Glasgow, Scotland, with commitments to address climate change. The summit resulted in the Glasgow Climate Pact, which included an agreement to "phase down" coal power and fossil fuel subsidies. The pact was also the first UN climate deal to explicitly mention these fossil fuels.