Yemen's Houthi rebels said this week that they struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, prompting President Trump to warn that the U.S. would hold Iran responsible for any further attacks tied to the group. Brent crude jumped past $100 a barrel for the first time since May as markets weighed the risk of a wider regional conflict.
Twin earthquakes killed more than 2,600 people and left tens of thousands missing, turning the recovery effort into a referendum on interim President Delcy Rodríguez's fragile government.
Cuba's national power grid has now collapsed four times in 2026 alone. The generating math behind the crisis — and the dispute over who's to blame — explains why the blackouts keep coming faster.
New satellite imagery shows Israel has built more than 14 miles of earthen barrier inside Gaza in recent months, entrenching a division meant to be temporary under last year's ceasefire deal.
The U.S. will let the North American trade pact lapse, favoring annual reviews and fresh negotiations with Canada and Mexico instead of a long-term renewal.
António Guterres broke from the U.N.'s usual diplomatic caution this week, warning that the widening war between Israel, Iran, and Yemen's Houthi rebels risks spiraling further.
Emergency crews responded to a fire at a building under construction in the Belgian capital that killed six workers, as authorities investigate the cause.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers this week that the cost of U.S. military operations against Iran has reached $37.5 billion — but NBC News reports the Pentagon's own internal estimate runs as high as $100 billion.
A resolution rebuking the administration's handling of the conflict couldn't get through the Senate, hours after the House passed a separate war-powers bill.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani walked back a campaign pledge to arrest Netanyahu, admitting NYC lacks legal authority — while Trump says the Israeli leader won't be arrested on U.S. soil.
Arizona's July 21 primary set up a contested GOP governor's race after dual Trump endorsements — one strategists warn could cost Republicans a winnable swing state.
Citizens Bank ended financing for GEO Group and CoreCivic after months of protest — but says a federal buyout of the prisons, not activism, drove the decision.
ICE will suspend traffic stops after several fatal shootings by agents during vehicle stops, as a Texas DA opens an independent probe the federal government won't join.
The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all closed lower this week as AI-spending anxiety collided with an oil shock — but oddly, Alphabet's strong quarter was punished harder than Tesla's miss.
Brent crude crossed $100 a barrel for the first time since May. Here's what that number actually means by the time it reaches a gas pump.
Musk revived merger speculation on Tesla's earnings call, citing 'more and more overlap' — the same week Tesla posted its first negative free cash flow quarter in years.
Kevin Warsh has communicated far less than his predecessors just as an oil-driven inflation risk builds — leaving markets guessing at the Fed's next move.
Brussels ordered Google to give 11 Android features to competing AI assistants under threat of fines up to 20% of global turnover, while Apple chose to withhold its new Siri AI from the EU entirely.
The steep cuts to Oracle's Stargate-linked workforce raise fresh questions about whether the industry's AI-infrastructure buildout is outrunning actual demand.
Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 topped a major coding leaderboard with open weights — reigniting debate over how much lead U.S. labs have left.
Gemini 3.5 Pro remains stuck in limited preview past its target date, even as rivals ship new models and Google absorbs a fresh €890 million EU fine.
Artemis III will test SpaceX and Blue Origin's competing lunar landers in Earth orbit in 2027 — a deliberate dress rehearsal, echoing Apollo 9, before any crew attempts an actual landing.
Researchers found a previously unknown way influenza A dismantles structures inside a cell's nucleus — a discovery that could open a new path for antiviral drugs.
A fully human antibody halted the growth and spread of aggressive prostate cancer in preclinical studies — a promising early lead still years from human trials.
Marine biologists in the Gulf of California documented orcas gripping a dead sunfish and charging at it — a hunting behavior never previously described.
New research finds a global shift toward healthier diets could cut land-use emissions by 85% by 2050 — while freeing up enormous amounts of farmland.