Oil prices jumped as markets react to escalating tensions after Qatar said Iranian missile strikes damaged a key liquefied natural gas export facility.

Iran attacks world's largest liquified natural gas complex, Sen. Markwayne Mullin faces lawmakers at DHS confirmation hearing, organizers reckon with abuse allegations against activist Caesar Chavez.

Immigration agents took DNA samples from observers and protesters they detained during the Minnesota ICE surge, NPR has found, raising questions about how the government uses that personal data.

The conflict has persisted despite a peace deal signed by DR Congo and Rwanda in December.

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. reported a weaker-than-expected profit for 2025, even as the Iran conflict ripples through global trade and adds fresh strain to the conglomerate’s ports and retail busine...

The Swiss National Bank restated its heightened readiness to sell the franc as officials held back again from the more drastic step of cutting borrowing costs into negative territory.

World leaders are scrambling to contain a spiraling Middle East conflict on Thursday after Israel and Iran traded strikes on gas production facilities.

President Trump said that Israel acted alone when it struck the South Pars gas field in Iran. Trump threatened Iran to halt its attacks on Qatar's facilities, or face a "blow up" of their South Pars f...

After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and ...

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It is not the first time that there has been deep energy-linked frustration in the heart of Europe.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters "A significant policy shift is not something that is happening right now."

Tropical peatlands, some of the planet’s largest underground carbon stores, are now burning at levels never seen in at least 2,000 years. By analyzing charcoal preserved in peat across multiple cont...

Nigeria had largest increase in terrorism-related deaths, ranking fourth in global index behind Pakistan, Burkina Faso and NigerJihadist violence rose sharply in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Con...

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Scientists recreated a life-size oviraptor nest to understand how these dinosaurs hatched their eggs. Their experiments showed the parent likely couldn’t heat all the eggs directly, meaning sunlight...

Abundant rainfall in February and March 2026 transformed the desert landscape of Central Australia.

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Iran's military warned it would take "decisive action" in response to the strike on its energy infrastructure.

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A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn't have permission to see it.

Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes.

Scientists have mapped the genetics of cancer in cats for the first time at scale, uncovering major overlaps with human cancers. Key mutations—like those linked to breast cancer—appear in both spe...

The reported use of Claude in recent military operations has shifted the Overton window around A.I. in warfare—and sparked a battle between Anthropic and the Department of War.

Lawmakers pressed intelligence officials about the Iran war, and if the Islamic Republic had posed an imminent threat.

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Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."

Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.

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