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North Korea is more focused on its regional strike capabilities, such as developing tactical nuclear-capable weapons.

The depot is the beating heart of the Iranian oil industry, storing and loading most of its crude exports.

One option would be to clear the way for naval escorts by using more-intense air power against Iranian missiles and drones. Another option: seize the territory around the waterway with ground troops.

The president was warned that a military attack could prompt Tehran to close the Strait of Hormuz, but moved ahead.

In Tehran and beyond, residents worry they will be left with a devastated country and the same autocratic rulers as before the war began.

Nearly 150 of the world’s elite show-jumping horses were in Qatar for the Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha when Iranian missiles lit up Gulf skies.

The first passenger trains connecting the capitals of China and North Korea resumed after a six-year hiatus, a sign of warming ties between the countries.

A scramble for power in West Africa kicked off 24 hours of gunbattles, betrayal, kidnapping and superstition.

The players sought refuge after they were criticized by Iran’s state media for not singing their country’s national anthem.

Massive oil stockpiles and a shift to electric vehicles are helping to insulate the Chinese economy from supply disruptions in the Middle East.

Sailors on the IRIS Dena sampled Indian food and visited the Taj Mahal before being attacked near Sri Lanka.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said officials have held talks with the Trump administration as Havana frees 51 prisoners.

Housing starts in Canada are set to decline over the next three years due to higher construction costs, weaker demand and elevated levels of unsold inventory, the country’s housing agency said.

The mother of a girl injured after a fatal school shooting last month in Canada launched a lawsuit against OpenAI for its decision not to inform police of the suspect’s interactions with its ChatGPT chatbot.

The gunfire follows a series of similar shootings at synagogues in the Toronto area.

The Wall Street Journal follows two families whose accounts show how Venezuelans are still battling the remains of the strongman’s regime.

A sustained return to modest growth is likely to be hindered by the rise in energy prices and uncertainty that has accompanied the Middle East conflict.

A schism in the House of Windsor looks irreconcilable. Inside the rift between Prince Harry and Prince William that could linger for decades to come.

The investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor comes at a shaky moment for the British royal family, and for the king himself.

The Gulf city has emerged as a premier destination for expats. Now that it is caught in the Mideast conflict, some of them are finding little sympathy back home.

Conflict in the Middle East has raised energy prices, potentially slowing U.K. growth and pushing borrowing costs higher.

Government controls were responsible for the crises in the 1970s.

An oblivious college student then, I still remember my parents’ fear and anger. It lived on well past the crisis.

The cost of inaction in Iran right now looks quite high.

The U.K.’s slowness to send an air defense destroyer to Cyprus was telling.

The Hungarian Prime Minister is blocking an EU loan that Ukraine needs to keep fighting Russia.

Here’s my first draft of a national-security agenda for Democrats seeking the White House in 2028.

Mobile internet access has been shut off in Moscow in recent days after similar outages in dozens of regions.

The German chancellor is the latest European leader to criticize the U.S. after Washington temporarily eased sanctions against Russia.

War is never a good thing—but it can reorient an economy in some positive ways.

Output unexpectedly fell and challenges are expected to gather pace from the jump in energy prices prompted by the war in the Middle East.

The sector is experiencing early signs of supply-chain disruptions from the war in the Middle East, with risks spreading beyond oil and natural gas, the VCI trade group said.

After crackdowns on Uyghurs and Tibetans, a new law threatens punishment for anyone who doesn’t embrace the common language and culture.

The sudden and unusual lull has stoked uncertainty about what Beijing is doing while the world focuses on war in the Middle East.

Subdued sales activity was weighed by a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday and cooling consumer demand.

The country’s export juggernaut is chugging along ahead of President Trump’s visit to Beijing later this month.

Consumer inflation rose more than expected in February, benefiting from a Lunar New Year holiday bump.

As the fighting in Ukraine drags on, Moscow is casting its net farther afield to find fresh reinforcements.

The Trump administration has rolled back some efforts to put pressure on Russia’s economy, and held out the possibility of easing sanctions further.

In a sign of deepening ties, satellite data from Moscow could help Tehran hit American forces around the Middle East.

Small Ukrainian counterattacks are demonstrating that Kyiv’s forces have got plenty of fight left.

Norway controls Svalbard, but a treaty grants Russia, China and others access. Now concerns are mounting over President Trump’s focus on the Arctic.

Decades after it lost its coast to Eritrea, the country has moved forces close to the border region—raising fears of another civil war with nearby rebels.

A Kenyan court dismissed a lawsuit by a Maasai leader and environmentalist who alleged a Ritz-Carlton luxury camp blocked a route of the famous Serengeti migration.

The White House says Rwanda has violated a U.S.-brokered agreement on Congo, but sanctions are on ice.

Some of the outrage appears disingenuous but the actor is wrong in his dismissal of opera and ballet

Ukrainian president asks if countries ‘collectively decided’ to restart flows from Russia

US president no longer focused on pressuring Vladimir Putin, European officials say

Local courier group iFood and China-backed Keeta trade claims of corporate espionage and underhand tactics

The biggest US ETF linked to crude prices has seen record inflows as oil market has ‘meme’ moment

Sweating the UK’s natural gas assets can support the country’s green transition

Pyongyang’s operatives deploy chatbots to undertake tasks, often in multiple roles

Oil prices have surged more than 17% since the International Energy Agency announced the largest release of crude stockpiles in its 50-year history.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing a $7 billion budget hole, and the free parking NYC residents have taken for granted may be a revenue opportunity.

Paramount CEO David Ellison has said he wants to make 30 movies a year and has franchises like Godzilla-Kong, Superman and Sonic the Hedgehog to lean on.

ProShares' Simeon Hyman is highlighting a bullish bitcoin trend.

Many filers could see tax refund delays amid the IRS shift away from paper checks. Here's what to know if you receive a CP53E notice.

Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of prediction markets startup Kalshi, tells CNBC about the biggest bets she ever made on the way to billionaire status.

Because females have longer life expectancies, most of the spousal transfer of assets due to death is expected to go to women. Advisors say they should prepare.

Berkshire Hathaway filed its definitive proxy statement with the SEC late this afternoon ahead of the company's annual shareholders meeting on May 2 in Omaha.

The S&P 500 suffered its first three-week losing streak in roughly a year.

Iran's threat to the Strait of Hormuz can't be fixed by releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserves.

The Department of Justice's appeal likely will cause Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to remain in his post beyond the end of his term.

Russian leaders told President Trump they aren't sharing intelligence with Iran as it fights the U.S. and Israel, special envoy Steve Witkoff said this week.

Months after President Donald Trump suggested sending Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend check, there's a chance households could see that stimulus in 2026.

Nvidia and AMD are seeing huge demand for CPUs and Jensen Huang is poised to unveil details for processors specialized for agentic AI at the GTC conference.

Suras Nayak moved to Ireland in 2025 and works as a software development engineer at Amazon.

Mortgage rates jumped to a seven-month high Friday as war in Iran pushed bond yields higher.

Travis Kalanick is renaming City Storage Systems to Atoms, while focusing on robotics for mining and transportation.

Large U.S. firms spent about $1 trillion on their own shares in 2025, according to Morningstar estimates.

Oil prices have skyrocketed in the days since President Donald Trump's war on Iran began.

Technology companies, including Block and Atlassian, have already cut jobs this year due to AI adoption.

The average IRS tax refund is up 10.6%, based on filing data. Here's what you can expect.

With xAI now in the hands of SpaceX, Elon Musk says he's rebuilding the artificial intelligence company following high-level departures.

The PCE price index for January was expected to show headline inflation at 2.9% and core at 3.1%.

The United States government could end up paying $165 billion of more in refunds for Trump's IEEPA tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled were illegal.

The retail industry could soon be taking the next hit from the Iran war's disruption to the global supply chain.