International benchmark Brent crude gained 2.45% to $102.57 per barrel, while the U.S. West Texas Intermediate rose 2.51% to $95.85 per barrel as of 8:44 p.m. ET.

Spain's Prime Minister called U.S. strikes against Iran "unjustified." When other foreigners in power have used similar language against the U.S. or Israel, they were sanctioned by the Treasury.

Israel is dramatically expanding its military presence across southern Lebanon, saying that as much as 10% of the neighboring country’s territory could become a depopulated buffer zone as long as the threat from Iran-backed Hezbollah persists.

A decision by the Supreme Court could affect other challenges to the government’s efforts to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of migrants.

The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean. But the true count may be even higher. Human rights groups are increasingly struggling

As gravediggers prepared new burial plots for those killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, Marzia Razaei wept for her son Arfan Shamei, ​who died in a blast at a military training camp days before he was due home on leave.

Haiti has a chance now to tackle pervasive gang violence with a U.S.-initiated international force starting to deploy and a prime minister committed to providing alternatives for young gang members, the United Nations’ expert on human rights in Haiti said Monday.

Ever since the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran, oil prices have been on a rollercoaster but overall have been trending higher. An increase in the price of oil has world-wide consequences with winners and losers.