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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic picture.

A top Iranian official warned Thursday that violations of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire will have "explicit costs," as European leaders and others urged Israel to stop attacking Lebanon.

British officials on Thursday rejected the idea of Iran setting up a toll system for the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that commercial ships should be able to traverse the waterway freely and safely under international law.

Four government security agencies are warning that low-Earth orbit satellite communications, such as SpaceX's Starlink system, are vulnerable to hostile cyber hacking operations.

President Trump cautioned Iran late Wednesday night that the U.S. military is standing by with additional ammunition and weapons to take action against Iran if necessary until an authentic agreement is reached and complied with.

Climate-change activists haven't run out of steam yet, but the formerly red-hot movement is looking increasingly gassed.

President Trump's efforts to cut Biden-era regulations are being eclipsed by his tariffs and other executive actions that threaten to mask the gains he's made from cutting red tape, according to a new report.

A federal judge put a halt Wednesday to Homeland Security's plan to shut down a deportation amnesty for nearly 5,000 Ethiopian migrants, chastising the government for being too harsh toward them.

Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished.

An Army veteran has been charged with sharing classified information about an elite commando unit with a journalist, which one official said put the country, members of the U.S. military and the nation's allies at risk.