• Europe nears energy crisis with global implications, head of energy agency warns

    Europe nears energy crisis with global implications, head of energy agency warns

    Apr 16, 2026 03:05 PM EDT

    ... shadow’ of geopolitics Birol said it is incomprehensible that “a couple of hundred men with guns” — apparently referring to Iranian forces — are able to hold hostage the global economy. He said his Paris-based agency, which advises governments on energy policy and helped coordinate a record release of emergency oil ...

  • U.S. military is poised to blockade Iranian ports, while Tehran threatens ports in the Mideast

    U.S. military is poised to blockade Iranian ports, while Tehran threatens ports in the Mideast

    Apr 13, 2026 03:00 PM EDT

    ... Middle East. Tehran has allowed some ships perceived as friendly to pass while charging considerable fees, leading to accusations it is holding the global economy hostage. Some analysts are doubtful that the U.S. can restore normal shipping through force alone — and it’s not clear how a blockade would ...

  • In this era of political violence, candidate security costs are higher, new report says

    In this era of political violence, candidate security costs are higher, new report says

    Apr 09, 2026 10:48 PM EDT

    ... social media, a practice known as doxing. Attacks like the one on Pelosi's husband in San Francisco and on the Minnesota state lawmaker, Melissa Hortman, and her husband occurred at their homes. “It's expected that, say, a GOTV event or a campaign rally is going to have metal ...

  • How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week ceasefire in a day

    How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week ceasefire in a day

    Apr 08, 2026 04:04 PM EDT

    ... it’s willing to dig in, even when it appears to America they’re working against their own self-interest. The clerical leadership held Americans hostages for 444 days, from late 1979 to early 1981, at the cost of the country’s international standing. The mullahs allowed the ruinous Iran ...

  • Global leaders work to ease oil price surge as Trump signals more weeks of Iran war

    Global leaders work to ease oil price surge as Trump signals more weeks of Iran war

    Apr 02, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... that Iran chooses are now transiting. Yvette Cooper, British Foreign Minister: We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage. Nick Schifrin: Today, a group of more than 40 countries led by British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper coordinated plans to reopen the strait after ...

  • Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide

    Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide

    Apr 01, 2026 09:15 PM EDT

    ... that Shah Alam “showed no signs of distress, mobility issues, or disabilities requiring special assistance” when agents dropped him off Feb. 19 at a Tim Hortons restaurant, a spot chosen as “a warm, safe location” near his last known address. “This death had NOTHING to do Border Patrol,” its parent ...

  • Trump claims Iran's president wants a ceasefire

    Trump claims Iran's president wants a ceasefire

    Apr 01, 2026 01:50 PM EDT

    ... meanwhile, appeared to have hit the former U.S. Embassy compound, which has been controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard since American diplomats were held hostage there in 1979. Witnesses said buildings outside the massive compound had their windows blown out and that it appears the strike happened inside the ...

  • Live Updates: Supreme Court considers Trump's order on birthright citizenship

    Live Updates: Supreme Court considers Trump's order on birthright citizenship

    Apr 01, 2026 01:09 PM EDT

    Many of the arguments in today’s case go back to the Supreme Court’s 1898 ruling in the case of Wong Kim Ark, which said a U.S.-born child of Chinese nationals was a citizen. In that ruling, Justice Horace Gray wrote that Fourteenth Amendment “affirms the ancient ...

  • Israel's parliament approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

    Israel's parliament approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

    Mar 30, 2026 06:31 PM EDT

    ... 7, 2023. There is a separate bill under consideration dealing with punishment for the attackers. Some opposition lawmakers worry that the bill could harm future hostage negotiations. Israel exchanged some 250 hostages taken during the October 2023 attack for thousands of Palestinian prisoners. The Public Committee against Torture in Israel ...

  • News Wrap: Mullin sworn in as Homeland Security secretary

    News Wrap: Mullin sworn in as Homeland Security secretary

    Mar 24, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... after it had designated Afghanistan a sponsor of wrongful detention earlier this month. Afghanistan has rejected allegations that it engages in what's known as hostage diplomacy. Here at home, many people in Hawaii are starting to clean up and assess the full scope of the damage left behind from ...