Global oil prices jumped on Monday after the energy giant BP said it had stopped sending tankers through the Red Sea, a vital shipping lane which has become an increasingly dangerous route because of drone and missile attacks targeting merchant ships launched by the Houthi armed group in Yemen. The announcement by BP raised fears

The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, met in Warsaw on Monday with Israeli and Qatari officials for talks aimed at restarting hostage and prisoner exchanges, according to U.S. officials. Under a weeklong truce between Israel and Hamas last month, 105 hostages were freed in exchange for the release of Palestinians from Israeli jails before negotiations

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save ROME — The Vatican on Monday issued its most definitive permission yet for Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples, as long as those benedictions are kept separate from marriage, a decree that fully reverses a 2021 ruling — and that may deepen division over the

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Amid attacks on cargo vessels by anti-Israel militants, oil giant BP has paused all shipments through the Red Sea, a move that pushed up oil prices Monday and unsettled energy markets. Iran-aligned Houthi militants began targeting ships along the key route in response to Israel’s