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The UN World Food Programme has halved food assistance in the occupied West Bank due to severe funding shortages, according to Al Jazeera reporting. The agency simultaneously warned of further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people, unless it receives urgent new funding.

The Trump administration announced a partnership with North American Blue Energy Partners to operate Venezuelan oilfields previously controlled by Chinese and Russian companies, according to the White House on Monday. The deal grants the Pentagon a stake in roughly one-fifth of Venezuela's proven oil reserves....

American forces attacked two rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first known US military strike on Iran since President Trump paused military operations in late July 2026. Iran responded by launching missiles at US military bases in Jordan, with...

U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that American forces have begun striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, according to an official CENTCOM statement reported by ABC News.

A Bank of America executive was fatally stabbed in an attack in New York City's Times Square, according to CBS News correspondent Jared Ocacher reporting for the network's breaking news coverage.

Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities and author of "Black Gold and Blackmail," argues in analysis that the U.S. should stop spending tens of billions of dollars annually to guarantee free oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz and instead...

Political analyst Stephen Hayes told Washington Week moderator Jeffrey Goldberg that President Trump views Canadian leaders as a "punching bag" and grows angrier when they resist his demands rather than capitulate. According to Hayes, Trump's policies toward Canada are "strange" given most Americans regard their...

India's gross domestic product expanded 7.8% year-over-year in the April-to-June quarter, matching Q1's growth rate and exceeding the Reserve Bank of India's 7% forecast. The resilience reflects steady performance across India's economy despite elevated global fuel prices stemming from Middle East conflict. The figure positions...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney states that Canadians will continue to call the body of water Lake Ontario despite a U.S. executive order signed by President Trump this week renaming it Lake America. Carney also posted on social media that the name Lake Ontario derives...

Dr. Lucy McBride, a primary care physician in Washington, D.C., told PBS NewsHour that the U.S. health care system is structurally designed to prioritize treatment over prevention. According to McBride, financial incentives favor "sick care" rather than disease prevention, a pattern she characterizes as built...

Leslie Jones offers comedic commentary on The Daily Show about how Europeans perceive Americans and American culture, riffing on cross-cultural stereotypes and national identity.

Ireland is leveraging its European Council presidency to advance a bloc-wide ban on goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera reporting. The push comes as attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank reach record levels, with EU...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by unveiling a Lake Ontario sign in reaction to the order.

Israel is increasing state funding for settlement construction and infrastructure in the occupied West Bank as the country approaches elections, TRT World reports from East Jerusalem. TRT World reports that settlement expansion has become a key political issue, with Netanyahu and Smotrich seeking to consolidate...

A comedic segment depicting an exaggerated national response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's reported move back to England. The satire portrays Americans expressing dramatic grief over the couple's departure.

The BBC World Service podcast 'What in the World' investigates the global rise of 'tradwife' content, where influencers document lifestyles centered on traditional domestic roles—homemaking, child-rearing, and financial dependence on partners—often framed as aspirational. The trend has proliferated across social media platforms, gaining millions of...

University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers discussed the economic implications of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's threatened sanctions on Iran, analyzing U.S. financial leverage against Tehran and China's capacity to resist American economic coercion. According to the analysis, the repeated weaponization of the dollar as a...

A near-total lunar eclipse occurred on August 28, 2026, visible from North and South America as the Moon passed nearly completely into Earth's shadow. Observers in Brazil, Los Angeles, and other locations across the two continents witnessed the event. According to the source, comparable eclipse...

A letter written by Osama bin Laden to the American public in 2002 was suppressed from initial public disclosure, according to declassified government records. Glenn Greenwald argues the withholding reflects a deliberate pattern of government control over information that shapes public understanding of terrorism and...

Massive flooding struck the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, killing dozens of people as a torrent of mud and debris burst from riverbanks between China and Nepal, burying buildings and displacing communities. Hundreds of people remained out of contact hours after the disaster. France 24's...