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A surge in the U.S. average price for diesel to an all-time high of $6 a gallon has reinforced concerns about higher global inflation.

The comment follows decades of White House neutrality and leave both sides of the dispute wondering if he was backing Ireland, trolling Britain or talking off the cuff.

The small country, known for discretion and neutrality, was a mediator with Iran at the U.S.’s request. Omanis wonder what the president heard to trigger him.

The ship was carrying about 240 people and lost contact early Sunday. A total of 113 people have been rescued so far, including six who then died.

Buying groceries has become an act of patriotic duty for some shoppers in Canada.

Two of the most important corridors for international energy shipments are blocked by Iran and its proxies, oil prices are up and the global economy is reeling.

Trump’s comments broke with longstanding U.S. neutrality on the question of reuniting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland — a highly sensitive issue in the U.K.

Republican candidates in some of the nation’s most competitive races are treading carefully as local industries brace for President Trump’s tariffs.

Flávio Bolsonaro is now polling evenly with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and prediction markets are favoring the challenger over the incumbent in the October election.

The terror organization and its offshoots have set up at least eight training sites over the past three years, taking advantage of the Taliban’s return to power.

Militants in Yemen sought to use a coding tool to produce guided rockets and missiles, the firm found, noting it was able to block some but not all the requests.

The defeat leaves Britain outside a growing list of European countries and 14 U.S. jurisdictions that allow some form of assisted suicide.

The men are accused of being members of an organized criminal network that defrauded women out of more than $6 million through online relationships, South African police said.

If the militants gain complete control of Bab al-Mandab Strait, it will increase Tehran’s leverage in its standoff with the Trump administration.

And according to to the National Hurricane Center, no hurricanes are on the horizon.

A committee of elders has announced a successor to the late king of Tooro. His family says he had a son who should succeed him.

In a viral video recorded at a conference in Seoul, Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., said: “Perhaps basic decency and behavior is what China needs to do.”

This summer was also the hottest on record for the contiguous United States.

Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait would be a setback for the Trump administration in its war with Iran, which has already blocked the Strait of Hormuz.

The city has announced a 25-year agreement for the services of Cacique Cobra Coral, a spirit channeled by a 71-year-old woman in Guarulhos, Brazil.

The Ukrainian president was on his way to the funeral of Norway’s King Harald.

Strife with the U.S., including Trump's tariffs, has pushed Canada to find new trading partners. That could ultimately raise prices for U.S. businesses.

Defense start-up Covenant said it has inked about $150 million in orders to start being delivered in 2027.

The Associated Press’s guidance says President Donald Trump’s executive order affects only how the U.S. government refers to the lake, not Canada or other countries.

The Trump administration said it would modify the scope of existing tariffs and introduce new bans on Canadian products in the latest escalation of the trade war.

Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.

The president's fight with our neighbor to the north — a constant over the course of his second term with a focus on trade — has turned ugly in recent weeks.

Immigrants from El Salvador were the first group granted temporary protected status. The Trump administration has been canceling it for scores of immigrants fleeing war and disaster.

The proclamations from the Trump administration escalate the trade war between the United States and Canada.

The engagement follows similar violence last week, as Iranian and U.S. forces have continued to trade fire amid stunted diplomatic efforts to end the war.

Republicans pushed back against Trump's call to ban sales by Québec-based aerospace giant Bombardier.

In war-weary Lebanon, Israeli strikes have intensified in response to Hezbollah drone attacks.

Alternative for Germany is the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Holocaust, one Jewish group noted.

U.S. military officials acknowledged the incident but downplayed its significance, saying the drone was “defective” and lacked secretive technology.

A Trump post showed the country, along with Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Greenland, covered in red, white and blue, and labeled “United States of America.”

The move is the latest in the administration’s effort to force Iran to the table over a deal to end the war.

The mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, said that two of the four works had been recovered but that the two perpetrators are still being sought.

The Paris landmark reopened Tuesday following a staff strike.

Remarks by at a regional conference underscored the challenge Washington faces in trying to impose economic pain on Iran while not harming its closest neighbors.

Prince Harry and Meghan said they were “a little surprised” they had not been told about the letter in advance, British media reported.

The expected move marks the starkest break yet from the U.K.’s traditional role as a staunch supporter of Israel and comes in response to Israeli actions in the West Bank and Gaza.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit friendly governments in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. But his support for the Venezuela oil deal is rankling some in the region.

Ulrich Siegmund and his Alternative for Germany party sent tremors through establishment political circles in Berlin, Brussels and other capitals across Europe.

As a U.S.-backed, U.N.-authorized force attempts to restore security, “self-defense brigades” pose a unique challenge.

Military action is still needed to deal with the threat from Tehran, Chris Wright said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Sunday’s visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner marks the first by President Donald Trump’s emissaries to the Ukrainian capital.

Six bombs dropped by Navy jets targeted a communications complex in the coastal town of Kuhestak. One missed.

The nationalist, anti-immigrant party known as AfD, has been labeled “extremist” by German authorities, but is running strong in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Ahead of a state dinner with President Donald Trump, China’s Xi Jinping is courting global influence.

U.S. Central Command said the strikes were in response to Iranian attacks on U.S. Navy warships.