Wildfires in Georgia and Florida have destroyed more than 50 homes, triggered evacuations and pushed smoke into major cities, as drought, wind and low humidity strain firefighting efforts across the Southeast.[1][2][3]
Oil prices moved back above $100 a barrel late Sunday after the United States said it would begin blockading Iranian ports on Monday, escalating the fallout from failed ceasefire talks and sharpening pressure on shipping through Hormuz.[1][2][3]
Efforts to halt the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran stalled after President Donald Trump said Tehran wanted the Strait of Hormuz reopened while its leadership tried to stabilise itself, underscoring how ceasefire terms, nuclear sequencing and shipping access have become one intertwined negotiation.[1][2]
Japan on Tuesday removed its long-standing ban on lethal arms exports, allowing case-by-case overseas sales of warships, missiles and other weapons while keeping formal screening rules and a nominal ban on transfers to countries at war.[1][2][3][4]
The EU formally approved a €90 billion Ukraine loan and a 20th sanctions package against Russia after Hungary lifted its veto, giving Kyiv a fiscal lifeline while reopening arguments over sanctions effectiveness, energy dependence and Europe’s long-term war strategy.[1][2][3]
Federal prosecutors have charged former NIAID adviser David Morens with conspiring to conceal Covid-era communications, turning a long-running transparency fight over pandemic research and the lab-leak debate into a criminal case.[1][2]
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