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Scott Bessent announced sanctions on nearly 60 Iran-linked targets as the rial hit a record low and the six-month U.S.-Israel-Iran war deepened its economic toll.
Israel opened bidding this week on 1,234 homes in the West Bank's E1 corridor, the first construction step in a plan long called a "red line." At least 22 governments have condemned it; the Trump administration has not.
Two waves of Russian drones struck a shopping mall in President Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, 30 minutes apart. European leaders called it "terror by design" as the death toll climbed through the weekend.
Turkey, Egypt and Qatar say intensified Israeli strikes that killed at least 16 Palestinians since Tuesday threaten to unravel the Gaza ceasefire, days after a Kushner-led delegation left the region without narrowing the standoff over Hamas disarmament.
Ukraine sent hundreds of drones into Russia overnight, killing six and hitting a rocket-fuel plant and a retailer's warehouse tied to military supply, as Russia struck back at Kyiv and a Spanish F-18 downed a drone over Romania.
A shallow 7.7 quake off Flores Island triggered a tsunami warning and buried the main highway to the hardest-hit region under landslides, as the death toll climbed from 38 to 47 in a single day.
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake killed more than 100 people in Colombia and was felt in three countries. Here's what happened, and why the Cascadia Subduction Zone under Puget Sound is the reason it matters here too.
A massive overnight barrage struck 22 sites near Odesa and killed at least seven people across Ukraine and Russia. The same day, reporting revealed Ukraine is buying 70 American ATACMS missiles through Turkey — a workaround for direct US aid that ended under the Trump administration.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council issued sweeping demands Saturday just days after a UAE tanker was struck and U.S. officials predicted an imminent deal, while Washington state gas prices climb past $5 a gallon.
Iran says it is finalizing a temporary Strait of Hormuz shipping agreement with Oman even as its parliament reviews a plan to permanently bar US and Israeli vessels and charge others fees of up to 7% of cargo value.
An avalanche killed Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja and nine other climbers from five countries on Pakistan's Broad Peak last Thursday. Days into recovery efforts, outlets covering the operation still disagree on which bodies, including Purja's, have actually been brought down.
A record 60,000 migrants crossed into Spain's Ceuta enclave in two days, killing at least 67. The crisis is already over, but the EU fight it triggered, over Schengen threats and Frontex power, is not.
A woman carrying a box she called a gift was stopped by a guard outside Moscow's Balzi Rossi restaurant Saturday before the device detonated, killing three and injuring at least 21. Unverified reports tie it to a general's birthday party.
Trump announced a Hamas disarmament framework Thursday, but the six-to-eight-month roadmap, a still-forming international force, and a same-day ceasefire violation show how far the agreement is from finished.
CENTCOM said U.S. forces struck Iranian IRGC command, missile, drone and maritime sites for two hours Wednesday night after intercepting an attempted ballistic missile attack on U.S. troops. Strikes in Iraq with Saudi forces preceded the Iran package.
More than 300,000 people fled wildfires across France, Spain, and Portugal. Gironde and Madrid-region fires set modern records while heat near 42C threatened hard-won lines.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake collapsed part of an Aeon Mall, derailed a train, and forced Sony, Fujifilm, and TSMC to evacuate chip plants in Kumamoto, Japan, the same region hit by a deadly 2016 quake, and a reminder of the historical tsunami record tying Japan directly to Washington's own overdue Cascadia rupture.
Brent crude fell nearly 9% Monday after Washington and Tehran both stepped back from two weeks of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz. The relief is already being tested by drone attacks on three of Iran's neighbors, and Seattle-area Alaska Air Group is among the airlines betting the pause holds.
Iran says it will hold fire as long as the U.S. does, but a new Houthi blockade of Saudi oil in the Red Sea is pushing crude prices past $100 a barrel.
The Trump administration freezes billions in university funding while targeting DEI programs and international student visas in a sweeping reform push.
Elon Academy expands its summer curriculum with an international teaching team focusing on identity, sustainability, and artificial intelligence.
Elon University faculty presented an innovative nursing curriculum for bridging health disparities at the Sigma Theta Tau International Congress.
Religious and legal experts convene to discuss the humanitarian and ethical impact of international law violations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
