Global shares decline as oil prices soar amid fears about escalation in Iran

Asian shares are mostly declining, as worries continue about soaring oil prices and the potential for further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran ...

First Alert Weather: Warmer afternoons return

We return to the 80s tomorrow and through Easter Sunday. A few isolated showers are possible each afternoon. TODAY: Partly cloudy with an isolated shower. HIGH: 77 (low 70s at the beaches) TONIGHT: ...

China sanctions Japanese lawmaker close to Takaichi over his ties to Taiwan

China announced Monday that it is sanctioning a conservative Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, accusing him of "colluding with" separatists in Taiwan, the latest incident that ...

Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from Italian private museum

Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros (dollars) from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said on Monday. The heist took ...

Israeli parliament to vote on death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

Israel’s parliament is set to vote on a bill that would make the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of anti-Israel murder ...

The Latest: Trump suggests US could take Iran’s Kharg Island

U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the idea of American forces seizing Iran's Kharg Island, its main oil terminal in the Persian Gulf. “Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of ...

Australian police fatally shoot a suspect in a 3-hour standoff after 2 officers killed

Australian police believe they have shot dead a suspect accused of killing two police officers and seriously wounding a third in a remote forest region seven months ago ...

Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as diplomatic talks appear to be moving ahead

President Donald Trump openly mused about seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and the United States and Israel kept up their attacks on the Islamic Republic, even as there wer ...

Trump says he has 'no problem' with Russian oil tanker bringing relief to Cuba despite blockade

President Donald Trump says he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade ...

Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest countries, struggles as Iran war drives up fuel prices

Kosovo is one of the Europe's poorest countries and struggles with a steep rise in fuel prices caused by the Iran war ...

Turkey hunting season opens in Georgia | What you need to know

Georgia’s 2026 turkey hunting season opened on private land Saturday, March 28 and will expand to public lands beginning April 4.

China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years

China’s flag carrier has resumed direct flights between Beijing and North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang not long after the restoration of passenger train services between the capitals ...