Critics of the pact had said that allowing Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear program stripped away a key incentive for the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel.

President Donald Trump says an agreement being reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program requires the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords

The agreement with a kingdom signaling it wants a nuclear weapon has sparked alarm among nonproliferation experts. Congress has 90 days to act on the deal.

Some lawmakers in both parties are warning that the newly inked U.S. nuclear agreement deal with Saudi Arabia could ignite a Middle East arms race at a particularly dangerous moment — when the Iran war is already provoking conflict across the region.

U.S. crude oil also jumped for a second straight day, rising more than 5% to almost $92 per barrel — its highest level since June 11. The new surge in prices comes after Tehran-

Oil prices hit their highest in nearly two months on Thursday, rising for a fifth day after Yemen’s Houthis said they struck two Saudi oil tankers, widening disruption to global oil shipping through both the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.

The Houthis claimed to have attacked two ships in the Red Sea, and Iran said a third caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil prices rose to a near six-week high on Wednesday on mounting concerns about disruptions to Middle Eastern supply routes.

Google had recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Commission,

The European Union has fined Google €890 million ($1 billion) for breaching rules designed to promote competition in digital services

The EU fined Google 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the tech giant broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its search engine to steer consumers toward its own services and apps over others'.

Google was today fined €890 million ($1 billion) by the European Union for breaching antitrust rules with regard to its search and Google Play store services. The European Commission found that Google had broken the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by using its dominant position in the search market to favour its own services,

The House of Representatives on Wednesday took the first step toward funding President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, as well as approving tens of billions in additional Pentagon money and aid for US farmers.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ⁠will ⁠attend a ceremony for four ⁠U.S. service members killed in Iranian attacks in the Middle East, who ​will return to American soil in flag-draped caskets.

The House on Thursday voted to direct President Trump to end the war with Iran, after four Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke the president over his handling of the conflict.

President Donald Trump campaigned in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday (July 22), where some of his supporters told White House Correspondent Bo Erickson that they want the president to end the war with Iran.

Shipowners halted vessel arrivals at Ukraine's Black Sea ports due to ‌intensified Russian strikes, Kyiv said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow might escalate attacks in order to block the country's main corridor for grain exports.

Ukrainian officials said Russian forces launched repeated strikes on a shopping center in the Sumy region, then targeted emergency crews responding to the resulting fire. Video released by

Kyiv's forces have been targeting warehouses belonging to online retail giant Wildberries, owned by Russia's richest woman, Tatyana Kim ⁠From humble origins as a family business run out of an ⁠apartment near Moscow,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine struck Russian military supply hubs in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, along with an oil depot, a tanker, and four cargo ships linked to Russia's shadow fleet.

Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of India’s capital New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength for a movement that has become one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

Pressure on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government showed little sign of easing on Thursday, with student protesters keeping up their campaign over the examination crisis and opposition lawmakers expected to continue disrupting parliament.

Indian opposition lawmakers disrupted parliament on Wednesday ​in support of student protesters, echoing their calls for the education minister to resign over exam leaks and ratcheting up pressure ‌on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after days of unrest.

Crowds of supporters of India's online "cockroach" movement grew on Wednesday at a New Delhi protest site, with their campaign for accountability and reform following examination scandals getting a