The United States and Iran have halted military strikes, creating an opening for talks brokered through Gulf mediators, even as both sides keep the option of renewed force on the table.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook southern Japan, injuring at least 50 people, cutting power and prompting a tsunami warning. Attention centered on a shopping center that sustained heavy damage, though early accounts of conditions there varied across news outlets.

Semiconductor stocks fell around the world after a Chinese artificial-intelligence model, DeepSeek, drew wide attention and unsettled investors who had bet on ever-growing demand for AI hardware.

Andrew and Tristan Tate will stay in a Romanian jail for two more weeks while a court weighs a British extradition request tied to charges that include rape.

President Trump traveled to Michigan to defend his economic record, blaming his predecessor for affordability problems as energy prices rise, an issue tied to a central campaign promise.