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 tax is a little over 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. With the average national price above $4.50, the measure will provide little relief.The average national price for a gallon of gasoline was $4.52 on Sunday, according to the AAA motor club.
Israel has escalated attacks on Lebanon since Thursday, further unraveling a truce in its war with Hezbollah. Among those killed on Saturday was a 6-month-old infant, relatives said.Mourners paying their respects to the eight family members who were killed in an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon.
A private conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling.Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the minority leader, speaking at the Capitol in Washington 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.
Five candidates are battling for the nomination in the June 2 primary. The winner will oppose Rob Sand, a Democrat, in the November election.Campaign signs for various Republican candidates for office line a road at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Spring Kickoff in Clive, Iowa last week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance at the White House earlier this year.
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.
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.
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.
A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.The outreach appears to provide a vivid portrait of how Beijing’s spy services seek to gain access to information from within the corridors of power in Washingt
Small groups of passengers and crew disembarked from the ship after it anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday. People were expected to fly to their home countries through Monday, officials said.A passenger from the MV Hondius speaking with medical staff in the Granadilla Port in Tenerife, Can
The British military took critical medical supplies to Tristan da Cunha, a tiny British archipelago where authorities have identified a suspected hantavirus case.A photo released by the British Ministry of Defense showed a parachuter landing on Tristan da Cunha, an archipelago of islands in the Sout
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.
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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.
But if his opponents mount a challenge, how would it unfold?Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking to supporters and councilors in London on Friday, the day after elections were held in England, Wales and Scotland.
Spaniards line up at weddings, tennis tournaments and galas to eat ham prepared by Ernesto Soriano, one of the world’s best slicers of jamón ibérico.Ernesto Soriano at work inside the Joselito flagship store in Madrid last month. He began learning to carve at 15.
