Oil prices hit new wartime high before easing, as gas prices expected to go up
The price of Brent crude oil briefly surged past $126 US a barrel early Thursday before coming back down as stalled U.S.-Iran talks raised doubts
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US Congress passes bill to resume funding for DHS and end partial shutdown
House approves funding measure, which excludes ICE, ending weeks-long crisis that left many federal workers without pay.
Uganda court sentences man to death for killing four children at nursery
Christopher Okello Onyum sentenced for fatal stabbing of four children aged between one and three years old.
Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after US Voting Rights Act ruling
Ruling weakening Voting Rights Act opens door to more states redrawing maps, diluting voting power of minority groups.
US House votes to end government shutdown over immigration operations
The vote provides funding for most Department of Homeland Security agencies, except for two subagencies responsible for immigration enforcement.
Deadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
At least nine people – including two children – were killed, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
Belgium plans to nationalise nuclear power plants
Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the move would see “less dependence on fossil fuel imports and more control over our own supply”.
Indians lost $2.5bn to digital fraud in 2025 – now its central bank is fighting back
The RBI is mulling measures to tackle rising cases of digital fraud in India – but will they work?
Residents of Russia’s Tuapse told not to drink tap water after drone attack on refinery
Residents of the Russian port city of Tuapse were ordered not to drink tap water and schools remained closed on Thursday, as authorities grappled with
Trump signs order authorizing Bridger’s Canada-Wyoming crude pipeline
The proposed project will transport Canadian crude from the U.S.-Canada border to Wyoming.
Iran threatens ‘long and painful strikes’ on U.S. targets if Trump resumes bombing
Iran said on Thursday it would respond with “long and painful strikes” on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks, and reasserted its control over the
