The Trump administration on Thursday issued a new license allowing countries to temporarily purchase certain Russian oil products, the latest efforts by the US to mitigate surging crude prices following the war it launched with Iran.

Oil prices surged to $100 per barrel as Iran stepped up attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf. What the numbers show Oil markets are pricing in extreme swings in crude prices, with the CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index soaring to its highest levels since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020.

Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera, known as the "King of the South," was captured Friday in Bolivia and flown to the U.S.

Brazil’s President Lula says his government has revoked the visa of a U.S. State Department official in a tit-for-tat dispute. On Friday, Lula calls it a reciprocal step after the United

Israel bombed oil depots in Tehran, leading to thick toxic smoke and acid rain falling over the capital's nine million people.

The war is expanding into Lebanon, as an Israeli offensive to dismantle Hezbollah has displaced 800,000 people there, with more than 680 people killed.

An engineer crouches under a park bench as fighter jets roar overhead. An athlete wracked by anxiety can't sleep as explosions go off. With the internet shut down, families and friends rely on each other for news about the war and the latest damage caused by airstrikes.

Former advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Brenda Shaffer, says Iran’s strategy of targeting Gulf states and regional neighbors has been counterproductive. She adds that Tehran’s ability to sustain drone and missile attacks is constrained,