U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the range of the past few years even as the war in Iran continues to threaten the global economy.

China’s exports grew 2.5% in March from a year ago, significantly slowing from the previous two months as uncertainties rose from the Iran war and its impact on energy prices and global demand.

U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran.

U.S. stock indexes slipped and gave back some of their rallies from the day before, while oil prices got back to rising.

As tensions rise in the Iran conflict, cybersecurity experts are warning Americans to be on alert for potential cyberattacks especially targeting banks and personal financial accounts.

The U.S. Department of War has identified the six Air Force airmen who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq earlier this week.

A steady drumbeat of alarming headlines, war overseas, and violence in the community is leaving many people feeling anxious, on edge and exhausted.

U.S. stocks held steadier as Wall Street waited for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end.

Gas prices could begin rising in Houston as global oil prices surge past $100 per barrel, driven by the ongoing war involving Iran and disruptions to oil production and shipping in the Middle East.

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain.

As tensions rise across the Middle East, some Americans are trying to leave the region while others are choosing to stay put. KPRC 2 spoke with a woman from Katy who says her family decided staying in Saudi Arabia felt safer than attempting to travel to an airport.

Photographer Tom Sanders has dedicated his career to capturing the faces and stories of America’s veterans through American Heroes: Portraits of Service, a project in partnership with Belmont Village Senior Living. Since 2008, he has photographed nearly 1,000 veterans across the country preserving their legacies for future generations. Tom stopped by two of the facilities in June and today on Houston Life we really got the sense of why a picture is worth a thousand words. Their stories of courage, service, and sacrifice remind us why honoring our heroes matters now more than ever.

The FBI is ramping up efforts to help bring Austin Tice back home by offering a reward of up to $1 million for any information that can help do so.

Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans still found time to read.

The significant change is nearly imperceptible on the UN's website

KPRC 2 viewers saw firsthand that impact, as KPRC 2 is the only station to have traveled to Eastern Europe and the Ukraine Border to document the humanitarian crisis.

A local Israeli family is raising money for protective gear and aid for a Kibbutz in Israel.

The terrorists’ acts that sparked the Israel-Hamas conflict caught many in the region and around the world by surprise. That includes a southwest Houston couple and their children who were visiting family when the war broke out.

President Biden is delivering remarks about the White House’s decision to supply Abrams tanks to Ukraine, which would be a major step in providing offensive capabilities to that country. Watch the livestream at 11 a.m.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is aiming to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of slowing down, Ukrainians across their country to to heal as the bury the dead and salvage what is left of villages, towns and cities that have been destroyed by Russians.

Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

Heavy fighting has taken place in the regions of Donetsk and Lukansk, with attacks taking place in cities such as Avdiivka, Popasna, Krasnohorivka and Mariinka.

The war in Ukraine is far from over after Russian has been sending over more reinforcements.

Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged aggression on Russian territory, an ominous warning that followed Moscow’s stinging symbolic loss of its navy’s flagship in the Black Sea.

As Russia continues its attack on Ukraine, more Houstonians are stepping up to help.

Hlukhotarenko fled Kyiv with her 5-year-old son Alex two days before Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.

Refugees continue to pour into other countries such as Poland and England, with an estimated four million Ukrainian refugees leaving the country.

While there are many efforts to have the war in Ukraine to end, there is still violence happening every day.

The journalist said most of the city’s infrastructure has been destroyed, and she had witnessed dead bodies scattered on the streets and burials in parks and courtyards.

Two big-hearted business owners from Spring now ready to send more than 72 pallets of desperately needed items to the people who've lost their homes in Ukraine. Now it's time to send those items to Ukraine and the cost of airfreight is great. Ten thousand dollars needed to send supplies.

At Brother’s Produce in southeast Houston, receiving, sorting, packaging and distributing produce is a 24-hour operation.

Houston area residents are using Airbnb to help donate money to people Ukrainians.

After weeks of buildup, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier this week, invading the country from the north, east and south, launching airstrikes on cities and military bases.

DUBAI Kuwait's 91-year-old ruler underwent a surgery that required the oil-rich nation's crown prince to be temporarily empowered to serve in his place, according to a ministerial decree seen Sunday. Kuwait has yet to elaborate what required Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to seek a previously unannounced medical treatment on Saturday. However, Sheikh Sabah's sudden surgery could inspire a renewed power struggle within Kuwait's ruling family. The state-run KUNA news agency had described Sheikh Sabah's hospitalization Saturday as medical checks, citing a statement from the country's royal court. Sheikh Sabah, a widely beloved ruler in this OPEC-member nation, took power in 2006 just nine days into the rule of the ailing Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah.

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK The New York Mets will host the crosstown Yankees on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 next season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The clubs will play at Citi Field in a game sure to be full of emotions for the city that's also reported over 18,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths this year. I cant imagine how powerful and how emotional of an event that could be," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. It'll be a homecoming of sorts for former Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who was hired as Phillies manager over the offseason.

But activists have begun circulating more detailed photos again online after the U.S. imposed its new sanctions, named the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, after the photographer. The sanctions bar anyone around the world from doing business with Assads government or officials, and among its provisions it demands Syria release detainees and allow inspections of its prisons. Between 30 to 50 prisoners died every day at the facility where he was held, known as Branch 15, he said. Alshogres testimony about Lebanese prisoners still alive further fueled their families demands for information. Ali Aboudehn, who spent years imprisoned in Syria and now heads the Association of Lebanese Prisoners in Syrian Jails, said his group and other activists have documented 622 Lebanese prisoners held in Syria.

PARIS The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwandas 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. Lawyers for the families can further appeal the ruling to Frances highest court, the Court of Cassation. The 1994 plane crash killed Rwandas then-President Juvenal Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu. The plane had a French crew, and Rwanda has long accused France of complicity in the genocide, which France denies. Fridays ruling came as one of the most wanted fugitives in Rwandas genocide, who was arrested in May outside Paris, is awaiting a decision on extradition.

Further drawdowns are to depend on the Taliban meeting certain counter-terrorism conditions, compliance that will be assessed by the United States. Still, he has approached the Taliban agreement cautiously, steering clear of the crowing surrounding other major foreign policy actions, such as his talks with North Korea. Pompeo did not mention the Afghan agreement as he touted Trump administration foreign policy achievements in a speech to a conservative group Friday. Under the agreement, 5,000 Taliban are to be released from Afghan-run jails, but it's not known if the Afghan government will do that. Already, some U.S. lawmakers and veterans of the conflict have raised red flags about any agreement with the Taliban.