An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages.
Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, marking the highest number of executions since 1989, according to a joint report by the Norway-based organization Iran Human Rights and the Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that China could face steep economic consequences if it is found to be supplying weapons to Iran, escalating tensions as conflict in the Middle East continues to reverberate globally.
The federal government is continuing to meet its massive borrowing needs—for now — but a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that mounting debt and surging interest costs are creating growing long-term risks for the nation’s financial stability.
As Israel prepares to observe Yom HaShoah—translated as “Day of the Holocaust” — new figures highlight both the enduring legacy and the rapidly declining number of those who survived one of history’s darkest atrocities.
Israel announced that more than 250 Hezbollah terrorists and commanders were killed during its large-scale military campaign known as “Operation Eternal Darkness,” marking one of the most significant blows to the Iran-backed terrorist group in recent years.
Reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip are quietly moving forward, even as the Hamas terrorist organization has yet to agree to disarmament—an issue Israel continues to insist upon as a condition for full-scale rebuilding.
A blockade on Iranian ports is set to go into effect at 10 a.m. eastern Monday as President Donald Trump attempts to turn up the heat on the Iranian regime after the latest round of peace talks were unsuccessful.
Israel’s military has moved to a heightened state of readiness following the collapse of negotiations between the United States and Iran, signaling growing concern that renewed conflict in the region may be imminent.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has ruled the country continuously since returning to power in 2010, has admitted defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary election and congratulated his rival Péter Magyar.