Six months into the war between Iran, the United States and Israel, diplomatic efforts are increasingly concentrating on one immediate objective: restoring commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Regional mediators are attempting to turn the waterway from an instrument of pressure into a...

"I am prolonging this authority regarding Cuba for one year, until September 14, 2027," Trump said in a memorandum released on the US Federal Register site. The document states that "exercising this authority concerning Cuba for another year aligns with the national interest of the United States."...

The United States is preparing a major expansion of economic pressure on Iran, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying Washington intends to impose what he described as the toughest sanctions in history. The announcement follows President Donald Trump’s warning that countries, financial...

Ukraine is entering a new phase of political uncertainty as the war with Russia intensifies and disagreements within the country's leadership become increasingly public. Former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov's call for presidential elections has transformed a long-running constitutional and...

The US has presented an ultimatum to 35 nations to clarify their stance in the artificial intelligence (AI) competition and avoid joining conflicting alliances, according to Reuters, referencing a statement from a US official and an internal document from the State Department that the publication...

Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd. (ISPRL), owned by the state, finished feasibility studies for building two strategic reserve oil storage facilities in Bina (Madhya Pradesh) and Bikaner (Rajasthan), according to the Times of India, referencing a parliamentary committee report. The nation...

The failure to revive the interim peace agreement between Iran and the United States is no longer simply a dispute over whether the June arrangement can be extended. The deeper problem is that both sides now disagree over whether the agreement ever functioned as intended. According to an Iranian...

Unusually high temperatures are expected to arrive in France and the UK beginning Tuesday, according to the Associated Press on Monday, referencing the French weather agency Météo-France. Météo-France indicates that intense heat will arise in the southeastern region of France. Temperatures are...

Bank of America Corp., the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, allocates more than $250 million each year on GLP-1-based weight-loss drugs for its employees, Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan stated to CNBC. He said that four or five years prior, these costs were nonexistent, yet they signify...