Deadly drone attack on tanker escalates Iran-Israel maritime tensions
Iranian state media has said that the deadly attack on a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire was in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria, in an escalation of maritime tensions in the Middle East.
Here's everything you can't get right now
Tacos, coffee, cars, jet fuel. computer chips, Nike shoes and school supplies: What do they all have in common? They're all (nearly) impossible to find — or getting there.
UK Covid cases are plummeting and no one knows why
There's one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the Delta variant.
Biden administration announces new sanctions on Cuba
The Biden administration outlined a number of efforts related to its Cuba policy on Friday -- including new sanctions and assistance to Cuban dissidents -- as President Joe Biden met with members of the Cuban-American community and key members of Congress at the White House.
UK and Romanian crew killed in attack on tanker linked to Israeli billionaire off coast of Oman
Two crewmembers died when a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire was attacked off the coast of Oman, the ship's management firm said Friday.
Here's why you're waiting months for that couch you ordered
Get ready to wait months, maybe even into 2022, for that new sofa to arrive at your doorstep.
Amazon hit by record $887M EU privacy fine
Amazon faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator said the e-commerce giant had violated the bloc's signature privacy law, known as GDPR, in an advertising-related decision.
UN says food aid in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region will run out Friday as 400,000 people face famine
The UN World Food Programme said it expected to run out of food in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, and that hundreds of thousands of people in the area were on the brink of famine.
Amazon sales growth slows as new CEO takes over
Amazon's final quarter with Jeff Bezos as CEO proved to be a disappointment for Wall Street.
International Space Station briefly loses control after new Russian module misfires
An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked Russian Nauka module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a "tug of war" with the space station and briefly pushing it out of position, according to NASA flight controllers.