How Key Oil Stockpiles Dwindled During the War in Iran

Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains how oil reserves helped prevent an oil shock caused by the war in Iran from getting even worse — and how low those reserves are now.

R Rebecca F. Elliott, Paul Abowd, Jon Miller, Edward Vega, Rafaela Balster, June Kim and Leanne Abraham

Nepali Flood Survivors Face Profound Loss, Pressing Needs and Murky Futures

The disaster has left countless people with little or nothing of the lives they had built, struggling with immediate survival and unsure how to rebuild.Disaster survivors in Devighat, Nepal, on Friday surveyed the damage to their businesses and homes while seeking shelter, food and medical care.

A Anupreeta Das, Sajal Pradhan and Atul Loke

Disaster Experts Say Nepal Glacier Collapse Was Difficult to Predict

Given the challenges in forecasting and detecting such calamities, researchers advised banning construction on floodplains and marking out clear evacuation routes.The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal on Thursday after the flash flooding. Most monitoring and early-warning systems for

L Laura Chung

Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE

Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.Milo Yiannopoulos at a rally in Baltimore in 2021.

C Chris Cameron, Hamed Aleaziz and Ken Bensinger

Hegseth Blocks Promotions of Four Army Officers as Purge Widens

The turmoil has left a leadership vacuum in the Army at a moment when it is trying to find ways to defend troops against the threat posed by cheap drones.In 2026, Mr. Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by boards made up of peers, from promotion lists. More than half of those officers

G Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper

Social Media and the Myth of the Big Tobacco Moment

Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion over a decade and make changes to its social media properties to make them less compulsive for young people.

D David Streitfeld

Why Countries Are Pushing Social Media Bans Despite Their Flaws

Proposals for curbing social media use among children have wide support, but critics say they are ineffective.Teenagers in Australia on their phones. The country’s social media ban, which took effect in December, has so far failed to keep children off the platforms.

J John Yoon

You Can Photograph This Pretty Irish Castle. You Just Can’t Go In.

Tourists still flock to the picturesque 16th-century Dunguaire Castle on Galway Bay. But in recent years, a dispute over ownership has prevented visitors from entering.Dunguaire Castle in County Galway. Technically a tower house, the structure was built around 1510 as a defensive lookout and residen

D Dan Barry

Fed Chairman Warsh Seeks to Calm Elevated Inflation Concerns

In a high-profile speech, Kevin M. Warsh said the Federal Reserve was chiefly responsible for taming inflation. If price increases do not return to the central bank’s target quickly, “we have work to do,” he said.Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, left, used a closely watched speech in Ja

C Colby Smith

Why Putin Is Fighting On, Even as His Problems Multiply

There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory.Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that despite Moscow’s challenges, he believes Kyiv’s situation is worse.

P Paul Sonne

Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Halting Mail-In Voting Rules

The Postal Service appealed an emergency decision from Thursday that blocked it from changing its procedures for mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.Workers sorted through ballots at a ballot processing facility in California last November.

Z Zach Montague

For Once, a New York Jet Is Destined to Win Something

A House race in Arizona pits Jay Feely, a former Jets kicker, against Amish Shah, a former sideline doctor for the team. Jets fans in the district say it’s a welcome distraction from all the losing.Jets fans watching a preseason game at a bar this month in Scottsdale, Ariz., where two former members

T Thomas Fuller

She Filmed the Towers That Morning. 25 Years Later, She Finally Watched.

A young college graduate filmed the World Trade Center attack from the fire escape of her Chinatown apartment. For many years, she avoided looking at the footage.Thuc Doan Nguyen-Brophy, visiting the apartment where she lived on Sept. 11, 2001, for the first time in 25 years.

S Steven Kurutz

Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture

Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, at Guantánamo Bay in January 2022 in a photo provided by his lawyers.

C Carol Rosenberg