Within days of the initial U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026, the world was plunged into an energy crisis. Tehran’s near shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20 ...

Western Thrace — or Greek Thrace. The very name suggests that a visit there can feel like a journey into the past. I had come ...

The Iran war will accelerate the region’s economic transformation.

Three or four men robbed the Wells Fargo Bank at 2200 Hamilton Blvd. just after 1 p.m. Monday. They sped away in a stolen truck. A few blocks away they pulled into an alley where they set the interior ...

Local officials say eight people were killed by the strike on the under-construction bridge in Karaj, a city west of Iran's ...

What has changed is the quantum of American power, either in reality or perception. The Iran war has the makings of a ...

Trump says "something revolutionarily wonderful can happen" before his deadline of 20:00 on Tuesday (EDT) for Iran to reopen ...

Bellingham city officials are asking for the power to close alleys downtown temporarily, in an effort to fight crime and drug use that has become “entrenched” in the city center. An ordinance that is ...

Sheikh Nawaf al-Sabah, the CEO of the Kuwait Petroleum Corp., said Iran is imposing an economic blockade against the Persian Gulf by closing the Strait of Hormuz. Al-Sabah said the closure of the ...

The Trump-appointed board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted unanimously Monday to shutter the arts mecca for two years for renovations. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

California’s State Route 39 once connected the San Gabriel Mountains to the Pacific, but a 1978 rockslide forced the closure of its final 4.5-mile section—an eerie, scenic road that’s never reopened.

Africa is running low on fuel. The US-Israel-Iran war has sent fuel prices skyrocketing. Are African countries doing enough to calm the fuel market?