Three key organizers behind what used to be the only large-scale public commemoration for the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil will spend years in prison for inciting subversion in Hong Kong after judges handed down their sentence on Friday.

Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, along with President Trump and other top administration officials, were saying publicly.

Rebel control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait would be a setback for the Trump administration in its conflict with Tehran.

Peru will join the U.S.-led Shield of the Americas security coalition, President Keiko Fujimori said after meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"We're lucky that we have law enforcement that are really working around the clock to identify threats early," Hoffman said. They vow to continue that work today, tomorrow and 15

Machine Intelligence Research Institute President Nate Soares warns the race to build more powerful AI could outpace safety measures, arguing global cooperation is needed to prevent dangerous superintelligent systems.

Oil landed just short of $109 a barrel late Thursday afternoon, some $8 higher over yesterday as markets see the intractability of the US-Israel war with Iran — given Donald Trump’s inability to extract his country and Iran’s unwillingness to cede the Strait of Hormuz — as auguring poorly for energy prices going forward.

The cause of the fire is not known, but the neighborhood where the fire started is densely populated and most houses are made out of wood, according to local neighborhood administrator Moïse Lubala.