The Iranian government is taking an increasingly aggressive approach as it confronts a growing economic threat and worries that its grip on the Strait of Hormuz is slipping, analysts say.

Colombia and the U.S. signed pacts on critical minerals and civilian nuclear energy and opened talks on expanded security cooperation and trade.

Many of the paintings in the tomb have retained their original colors despite spending more than 40 centuries buried beneath the desert sands, officials said.

Republicans in Congress on Wednesday ​joined criticism of ‌Ford Motor over its business ties to ​Chinese firms after ​Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ⁠sharply criticized the ​No. 2 U.S. automaker.

Officials said they had not determined the cause of the explosion. Years of fighting have left Syria littered with weapons and ordnance left over from the civil war.

The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at various undeclared sites in Iran.

Major disruption was expected to continue at British airports on Wednesday – including Heathrow, one of Europe’s busiest hubs – after an hours-long air traffic control outage triggered widespread delays and cancellations.

Britain's foreign minister Ed Miliband said the U.K. "could not simply stand by because we feared Israeli reaction.”