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Iran and its Houthi allies in Yemen delivered a one-two punch against Persian Gulf oil producers in separate attacks that sent oil prices sharply higher and further shattered the sense of security in the Saudi capital.

Kimberly Guilfoyle's text messages with a MAGA ally show her seeking $100,000 for her Amex account and offering access to top officials before her confirmation as ambassador to Greece.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife were charged with conspiring to commit torture, as part of what U.S. prosecutors said was a scheme to maintain power in Venezuela.

The Pentagon plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.

The Trump administration is suspending several tech firms, alleging they abuse a program that allows H-1B visa holders to apply for green cards.

An ICE officer shot and injured a man in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said officers surrounded the man while he was in a car with a 5-year-old child and fired.

A congressional candidate in Arizona said she was attacked by two men and raped while fixing a campaign sign near Phoenix after midnight this summer.

A Russian airstrike hit two buses in Ukraine, killing at least 30 people.

Canadian poet Anne Carson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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