The kingdom’s defense ministry said airstrikes in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias were in retaliation for attacks on Saudi oil facilities this week.Security forces and emergency personnel work at the site of U.S.-Saudi strikes in Iraq’s Diyala province on Wednesday
As the war with Iran has continued, some are finding that the stress is bringing back old anxieties.Mental health counselors say they are attending to more military families who are reporting stress and anxiety about a conflict that has taken the lives of at least 18 service members and wounded more
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, cannot afford to lose a single Republican vote.
A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fund to pay purported victims of government weap
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of President Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was interviewed by the Secret Service after posting a photo of seashells on Instagram.
The Silicon Valley company’s costs rose more steeply than revenue growth, as it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence.Products on display at the Meta Lab store in Midtown Manhattan.
Like other big technology companies, Microsoft is hoping its aggressive spending on artificial intelligence is starting to translate into revenue.The Microsoft Experience Center in Manhattan on Wednesday, when Microsoft reported quarterly capital expenditures of $41 billion.
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.President Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a White House event last week in which 200 companies vowed to prevent A.I. data centers fro
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.The president has expressed a preference for using tariffs over sanctions as an economic weapon.
The Carney government’s agreement with a German natural gas company will also reduce Europe’s dependence on a Qatari supply made more uncertain by war.L.N.G. Canada’s export facility on Canada’s Pacific Coast in Kitimat, British Columbia.
The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, is the Republican nominee for Senate there but has struggled to raise money.
The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.Former President Barack Obama made one of his first endorsements of the midterm elections, backing Josh Turek, a centrist state lawmaker in Iowa
What do you do when a $25 billion complex is under construction nearby? One couple in Abilene had an idea.The Elmdale Outpost convenience store in Abilene, Texas.
A warming planet and a shift away from farming have set the stage for larger fires on the continent. “We must learn to coexist with them,” one report said.Wildfire smoke from a fire burning west of Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday. The giant blazes in France and Spain are their largest on record.
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.Firefighters using controlled burns to stop the spread of wildfires near Madrid on Tuesday.
The lifestyles of the wealthy in Myanmar — nightclubs, caviar and trips abroad — have been largely untouched by years of deadly conflict.A D.J. performing at the Pioneer Plus nightclub in Yangon, Myanmar, last Christmas.
Devyn Dalton, a 4-foot-6 woman, is the leading man’s stunt double in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.
It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.A woman showing the tattoo of one of her traffickers.
Is more data about your body actually good for you?
A lifeguard with a relentless grip on a young boy brought him to safety amid enormous waves that ripped across a Santa Cruz beach over the weekend.
