BBC

Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism

Japan's eight decades of pacifism looks to be dismantling since Sanae Takaichi became Prime Minister in October 2025 Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way ...
Investopedia

Why an Oil Export Ban Could Backfire on Fuel Prices

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...
PBS

Iran continues exporting millions of barrels of oil as around 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz despite the war

HONG KONG (AP) — About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran and it is still exporting millions of barrels of oil at a time when the ...
CNN

Iran still exporting millions of barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz even as other traffic paralyzed

If the United States assumed, before attacking Iran, that the major oil producer would be reluctant to close the Strait of Hormuz for fear of blocking its own oil exports, it miscalculated. Traffic ...
Wall Street Journal

Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War

Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, showing it is in control of a strategic waterway that it has closed off to the rest of the region’s oil producers. As Gulf ...
Forbes

Direct File Is Gone. Here’s How You Can Still File Your Taxes For Free

The IRS shut down its direct filing program for 2026, but Free File, Fillable Forms, MilTax, and some private tools remain—if you know where to look. Here’s how to navigate the free options still ...
The Hill

IRS Direct File is gone. This is how you can still file taxes for free

(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...
CNN

Hundreds of thousands of ‘Epstein files’ have been released — and there’s a lot more to come

The “Epstein files” saga will spill into 2026, despite a deadline last week to release all of the records. Congress passed a law last month — with near-unanimous support — requiring the Justice ...
CNBC

China suspends some critical mineral export curbs to the U.S. as trade truce takes hold

China suspended export restrictions on several rare earth elements, processing technologies, lithium battery materials, and other items announced on Oct. 9, 2025. The rollback also extended to curbs ...
Reuters

US becomes first country to export 10 million tonnes of LNG in single month

HOUSTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - (This Nov 3 story has been republished to remove an image, with no changes to text) The U.S. has become the first country to export 10 million metric tonnes (mmt) of ...
Forbes

China’s New Export Controls: Critical Implications For U.S. Businesses

SHENZHEN, CHINA - APRIL 12: A Chinese national flag is seen in the foreground with container ships, cranes, and stacked shipping containers at the Yantian International Container Terminal under cloudy ...