• Inside Chornobyl, 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster

    Inside Chornobyl, 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster

    Apr 24, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... when invading Russian soldiers took over the site. Nikolai Pobedin, Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (through interpreter): They used us like a shield to store their weapons and equipment. After all, no one would attack a nuclear power plant. Simon Ostrovsky: Were you hostages? Nikolai Pobedin (through interpreter): Yes, of course.

  • EU approves a $106B loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

    EU approves a $106B loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

    Apr 23, 2026 06:49 PM EDT

    ... geopolitical battle.” Another EU voting hijack The row has raised yet more troubling questions about decision-making in the EU, which can often be held hostage to national interests when unanimous votes are required. Several top officials have in recent months called for more majority voting. The 27-nation bloc ...

  • Southern U.S. wildfires force hundreds of residents to flee

    Southern U.S. wildfires force hundreds of residents to flee

    Apr 23, 2026 03:43 PM EDT

    ... and animals they left behind. “I don’t know if I have a house standing or not,” said Denise Stephens, who evacuated her home near Hortense because of the fast-moving Brantley County fire. “I know what it’s taken from other people, but I don’t know what I ...

  • U.S. forces board a sanctioned oil tanker 'without incident' in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

    U.S. forces board a sanctioned oil tanker 'without incident' in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

    Apr 21, 2026 02:43 PM EDT

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday called the U.S. blockade a breach of the ceasefire and said “striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation.” In a letter, Iran's U.N. Mission asked the U.N. Security Council and U.N ...

  • Russian strikes kill at least 2 as Ukraine targets drone factory inside Russia

    Russian strikes kill at least 2 as Ukraine targets drone factory inside Russia

    Apr 19, 2026 04:42 PM EDT

    ... killed six people and wounded at least 14 others. A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside a supermarket with hostages in the Ukrainian capital before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko described the attacker’s mental state ...

  • Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term

    Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term

    Apr 16, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... war in Gaza. He and Witkoff met with regional leaders and successfully brokered a peace agreement to end the fighting and secure the release of hostages. After that deal was struck in October, Kushner was asked during a "60 Minutes" interview about his potential conflicts of interest. He said in ...

  • 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 ...