Satellite imagery reveals significant damage to a key Saudi Arabian oil pipeline from a strike last week, with repairs potentially taking over a month and threatening to raise global oil prices further.

Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture will charge climbers for helicopter rescue services during Mount Fuji’s off-season starting next year, joining other measures to discourage poorly prepared mountaineers.

A news helicopter operated by NBC Los Angeles crashed in a suburban neighborhood, killing three people including two crew members. The aircraft went down while covering a separate bus crash incident.

Belgian government failed to reach an agreement on evacuating 13 students from Gaza to pursue university scholarships, leaving them devastated and unable to leave the territory.

Nature and land defenders were killed at a rate of one every three days in 2025, with 124 deaths recorded, prompting communities to establish self-defence units amid organized crime threats.

Islamist extremist violence in Africa’s Sahel region is projected to reach record levels this year, with al-Qaida and Islamic State-linked groups expanding territorial control across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in over three years, aiming to combat persistent inflation driven partly by geopolitical tensions.

About 21.4 million women in the U.S. live in counties with limited access to subsidized birth control, according to a new analysis from reproductive policy organizations.

Five hundred U.S. colleges now have at least 40% of recent federal loan borrowers in nonpayment, with mostly for-profit institutions accounting for the majority of troubled schools, raising concerns about accountability and taxpayer losses.