Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed at least 17 people and wounded 44 others, Ukraine's state emergency service said.

The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil’s U.S. ambassador Tuesday — the latest jab in a monthslong diplomatic spat between the two countries.

The White House says a deal to get the Strait of Hormuz back open could be on its way as Treasury Secretary Bessent says he's had talks with Iranians to move to a "more normalized position in this conflict." NBC News' Keir Simmons reports. 

Video shows drone chasing Ukrainian man around van before exploding Ukrainian authorities have released video said to show a Russian drone being used to deliberately chase and target a civilian. The 52-year-old farmer and market trader was wounded but survived the attack.

Ukraine didn’t deny launching the drone but said the Kremlin’s air defenses had shot it down and that “it was Putin who killed these Russians.”

The international oil benchmark Brent crude rose again to 2.7% with traffic through the crucial waterway at a trickle compared with its peacetime flow.

A deadly heat wave is gripping large parts of East Asia, bringing the hottest temperature on record in South Korea and complicating earthquake recovery efforts in Japan.

Mourners in Gaza held a mass funeral for 112 recovered bodies of Palestinians killed during Israeli airstrikes in 2023.

Iran said it wasn’t holding talks with the U.S. but was in discussions with Oman over a temporary safe route through the Strait of Hormuz.

The deal would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending Tehran’s “nuclear threat,” the president said.

Spain was scrambling Friday to contain a sudden border crisis after tens of thousands of people rushed into its North African territory, with dozens killed and political shock waves spreading across Europe.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been at a near-standstill for weeks amid the Iran war, sending prices of oil and other key goods soaring.