Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sector.Crowds inside the sprawling Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Saturday. Imports of goods have been affected by the war.
The U.S. Navy’s blockade continued to intercept ships trying to leave or enter Iranian ports, while fear of Iranian attacks kept other ships from attempting passage through the narrows.Tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, last month.
A court ruling that struck down an election map swiftly ended some Democratic House candidacies and pushed others into much tougher races.Virginia congressional candidate Beth Macy and State Senator Creigh Deeds.
As a new generation of chronically online oversharers runs for office, many find themselves tripped up by past statements. Their response? Delete, distance, disavow.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger had initially been skeptical of the push for new maps, but as the state’s leading Democrat she had a political stake in its fate.Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaking with Don Scott, the House Speaker, in her office in February. Mr. Scott was one of the architects of the redistric
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance at the White House earlier this year.
Dire conditions in Venezuela prompted an exodus. In the wake of the attack that ousted its top leader, the question is whether things have changed enough to make a return appealing.
A gunman’s attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington’s most dissected rituals.President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner before a gunman rushed a security checkpoint for the event.
The U.S. has pressed Argentina and Chile to review two Chinese telescope projects in the Andean deserts. Astronomers are worried about setbacks to research.The unfinished Chinese telescope at night at the Cesco observatory in El Leoncito, in Argentina’s San Juan Province.
The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, in 2025.
The MV Hondius, which had carried passengers infected with the virus, anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday. Evacuations of other passengers were expected through Monday evening, officials said.A passenger from the MV Hondius speaking with medical staff in the Granadilla Port in Tenerife, Ca
We are entering a more perilous era where China no longer sees U.S. strength as something to fear.
I’m realizing that a sort of gooey sitcom resolution is not in the cards for my mother and me.
His appointments have focused on pastoral care and reflect the changing composition of Catholic pews and priests.Pope Leo XIV has an opportunity to make personnel changes at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere.An Ukrainian soldier in the besieged eastern city of Kostiantynivka early this year.
The man was found with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter” three days after leaving for a hike, the National Park Service said.The body of a Florida man was found with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter,” the National Park Service said on Saturda
