The deal to ship 250,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba could have eased an energy crisis. But the Trump administration says Vanguard Energy lacks the authorization to proceed.

Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan on Wednesday ended a period of calm, threatening a return to what Pakistan previously called an “open war” between the neighbors.

As the largest World Cup ever kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday afternoon, the security around Estadio Azteca was strict, as law enforcement officers held off protesters.

Pakistan said its airstrikes targeted militant camps. The United Nations confirmed reports by the Taliban government that mostly women and children were killed.

With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.

Jonatan Urich, a media adviser to the Israeli prime minister, was accused of passing classified intelligence about negotiations with Hamas to a German newspaper.

There were nearly 118 million forcibly displaced people in 2025, slightly fewer than in the previous year, the United Nations refugee agency said.

The shift in global weather patterns threatens to worsen floods and heat waves that were already intensifying because of climate change.

President Trump has vowed to keep up military pressure on Iran after the latest exchange of overnight attacks.

The targeted countries host sprawling American military bases and thousands of personnel at a time when the United States is waging war against Iran.