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Global energy prices jumped as tensions escalated around the vital shipping route, where drone and missile assaults have prompted some companies to halt sending cargos.

He escaped as a teenager and later became one of the Ritchie Boys, a secret Army program that recruited refugees to gather battlefield intelligence.

William J. Burns was in Warsaw on Monday, where he met with the head of Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, and the prime minister of Qatar, which has helped broker talks with Hamas.

As pressure grows on Israel to scale back the war in Gaza, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III met with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv to discuss the next phase of the fighting.

The inquiry is perhaps the most substantial regulatory move to date against X, which has seen a rise in incendiary content on the platform, according to researchers.

Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said there was no justification for “violence, arson or vandalism.” The blaze came weeks after an anti-immigrant riot in Dublin.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has stressed both the Biden administration’s support for Israel and concerns about the rising Palestinian death toll.

Jimmy Lai, who published an antigovernment newspaper, faces up to life in prison if convicted on national security charges that rights activists have called baseless.

The civilian toll in Gaza and the Israeli military’s accidental killing of three hostages have raised questions over Israel’s strategy in Gaza. The U.S. defense secretary will visit Israel and plans to tell officials to change their approach within