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A staggering half a million weapons, originally part of the vast arsenal siezed by the Taliban when regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, are now lost, sold, or being smuggled to militant groups, according to sources who spoke anonymously to the British media. The alarming revelation, corroborated by the United Nations, suggests that some of these United States-funded arms have …

Air strikes by the United States on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port have martyred at least 38 people in what is one of the deadliest attacks on the country by US forces, Houthi-affiliated media report. Al Masirah TV said the strikes on Thursday also wounded 102 people, citing the country’s Hodeidah Health Office. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the …

What are meth’s negative side effects? They vary, depending on the tolerance of the person taking it and the means of ingestion. After the drug’s rush has abated, many users keep bingeing it. They forget to drink water and are usually unable to sleep or eat for days. In this phase, known as “tweaking,” users can become hyper-focused on activities …

This month in the White House’s Rose Garden, as he held up a placard showing the global wave of tariffs he wanted to impose, President Trump paused to fondly recall a fallen friend. “The prime minister of Japan, Shinzo, was — Shinzo Abe — he was a fantastic man,” Mr. Trump said during the tariff announcement on April 2. “He …

Fast-fashion giants like Shein and Temu have been doing booming business in the United States in recent years, in part because of a tariff exemption that’s helped to keep prices low on packages shipped from China. Now, President Trump has ordered the loophole closed as part of new tariffs, starting with packages from China and Hong Kong. It could have …

For more than a decade, Navindra Seeram, a biomedical researcher, has praised maple syrup, calling it a “hero ingredient” and “champion food” that could have wide-ranging health benefits. Dr. Seeram, dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of New England, has published more than three dozen studies extolling the power of maple. Much of his work has been …

Iran’s foreign minister is to visit ally Russia this week to discuss nuclear negotiations with the United States, ahead of a new round of talks between the foes planned for Rome. On Saturday, Abbas Araghchi held talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman, the highest-level negotiations since the collapse of a 2015 nuclear accord. US President Donald …

President Trump has big ambitions for the global trading system and is using tariffs to try to rip it down and rebuild it. But the European Union is taking action after action to make sure the continent is at the center of whatever world comes next. As one of the globe’s biggest and most open economies, the E.U. has a …

The White House on Thursday clarified that China faced a minimum tariff rate of 145 percent on all imports to the United States. A day earlier, President Trump had said that he was increasing tariffs on China to 125 percent after Beijing retaliated against his previous levies. On Thursday, the White House explained that the 125 percent is on top …

European Union officials had just approved retaliatory levies of 10 to 25 percent on about $23 billion of American imports when President Trump abruptly changed tack on Wednesday, announcing that he would hit pause on some of the tariffs he had placed on Europe and much of the rest of the world. Mr. Trump’s announcement signaled what European leaders had …