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Since the Iran war began, the surge in oil prices has stirred memories of the dramatic oil shocks of 1973 and 1979.    In 1973, oil-producing Arab countries imposed an embargo against Western nations to punish them for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Oil prices skyrocketed, forcing many Western governments to implement energy-saving measures such

Last year, as monsoon rains pushed the Brahmaputra River over its banks in India's northeastern state of Assam, Amir Hussen knew one thing — he will need to rebuild his life. Again. "I have lost my house 17 times to riverbank erosion," said Hussen, 47, a resident of Kharballi village in Assam's Barpeta district. "Wherever there

Since the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran in late February, their military forces have killed government officials and more than 1,000 civilians. In early January, US special forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and civilians were also killed in that assault. The vast majority of international law experts consider both the ongoing

The EU Parliament and the European Council on Thursday voted to introduce handling fees for small packages arriving from outside the bloc starting on November 1, at the latest. The blanket fee, which the European Commission must set, will likely be around €2 ($2.30) per package and will come in addition to a per package

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know The German parliament votes for reforms to pave the way for a successor to the Riester pension scheme Germany's center-left Social Democrats are meeting to discuss strategy after a string of election defeats A humpback whale stranded on a sandbank off of Germany's Baltic Sea coast

Nepal's rapper-turned politician Balendra Shah was sworn into the country's most powerful office on Friday, a month after he swept the general elections on promises of creating jobs and restoring political stability. Shah, 35, is now the youngest person to be prime minister of the Himalayan nation in decades, and the first to be Prime

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic, on Thursday, won temporary legal relief in its dispute with the US Pentagon over military applications of its AI models. A San Francisco judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration's move to label Anthropic as a "supply chain risk to national security." This order will take effect in seven days

Skip next section READ: When floods come, survival is a roll of the dice March 27, 2026 READ: When floods come, survival is a roll of the dice Danish Pandit After monsoon rains pushed the Brahmaputra River over its banks in India's northeastern state of Assam last year, 47-year-old Amir Hussen knew one thing —

Rescuers managed to free a humpback whale that had been stuck on a sand bank on Germany's Baltic coast on Friday. The whale had been stranded for several days on the Timmendorfer Strand, with numerous rescue attempts failing to shift the marine mammal. The 12 to 15-meter long (39 to 49-foot long) animal must now

Skip next section Read: Is another 1970s‑style oil crisis looming? March 27, 2026 Read: Is another 1970s‑style oil crisis looming? Insa Wrede In the 1970s, the reduced supply of crude due to an oil embargo by Arab nations set off a sharp rise in fuel pricesImage: Bertram/dpa/picture alliance Supply disruptions, high prices, nervous markets —