The vice president sent a letter to Iran’s security chief at President Trump’s direction.

Oil prices rose on market concerns about possible U.S. military escalation against Iran after next week’s midterm elections and renewed threats to Middle East energy supplies after Yemen’s Houthi militants said they targeted Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery.

The defeated presidential candidate faces criminal investigations in his home country, which had canceled his passports.

The Bank of Canada is increasingly confident about the domestic economy and companies’ ability to navigate turbulent trade waters, adding to its conviction that it was time on Wednesday to raise interest rates.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and that of the opposition both appeared to be short of a majority, potentially setting up return to political volatility.

The electorate took away his parliamentary majority, but gave his party the most votes. Here’s how that might play out.

Government of Andy Burnham rolls out some tax hikes and spending giveaways in what could be a prelude to an early election.

At least 68 people were killed when two trains collided south of Madrid.

The prime minister might still falter. But he topped the polls despite an all-out effort to bring him down.

EXCLUSIVE: The war shock has hastened the need to move away from the Gulf states’ rentier economies, Abdallah Al Dardari said.

There are new signs that the American and Israeli militaries are preparing a potential wave of strikes to muscle Tehran to the negotiating table.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s results improved as votes rolled in, but was shy of a majority and short of the seats his coalition currently holds.

Brazil canceled Bolsonaro’s passports after he defied a Supreme Court order to turn over the documents, a Brazilian official said.

Watch to learn why escalating sanctions and a fuel blockade haven’t toppled Cuba’s regime but are transforming its economy.

Smelters in Quebec run on cheap hydroelectric power. The Trump administration’s 50% tariff has pushed up prices for American industry.

South Korea’s Hanwha is a key player in President Trump’s push to revive an American industry that has ceded ground to China.

Ties are warming between Beijing and Pyongyang, though Chinese leader Xi Jinping didn’t attend the get-together.

It is Canada’s latest dollop of federal aid for companies that have faced financial strain since President Trump imposed hefty tariffs on foreign-made metals and automotives.

Around 80 Japanese companies were targeted from overseas in hacks that bore digital traces of Artex, an AI agent developed in China.

The central bank’s governor said the Middle East situation, AI demand and foreign-exchange rates would affect the timing of the decision.