Morning Edition · Sunday, September 27, 2026
Markets
Iran Says It Captured a Second US Underwater Drone in Hormuz as Trump Rejects Reopening Plan
The Revolutionary Guard calls the strait a "hunting ground" for American equipment and the US military denies losing anything, days after President Trump publicly rejected Tehran's seven-day plan to reopen the waterway.
Macro
Long-Dated Treasury Yields Reach Multi-Decade Highs as Equities Still Close the Week Up
The 30-year yield touched 5.502 percent, while Bank of America flagged the combination of bond volatility and weak financial shares as a precursor to an investor retreat from risk.
Markets
Gold Sits About 23 Percent Below Its January Peak While Bitcoin Rallies With Equities
Gold traded near $4,284 an ounce and silver near $64.77 as bitcoin held around $84,000 after rising sharply in September, a split that undercuts the case for treating the two as the same trade.
Geopolitics
Saudi Coalition Intercepts Missiles and Drones Aimed at Riyadh and Khamis Mushait
The Houthi attacks extend the Gulf conflict into Saudi airspace at the same moment Iran's president says only Washington can decide whether the war ends.
Geopolitics
Trump Says Xi 'Understands' His Taiwan Position as Beijing Presses for a US Statement Against Independence
The summit produced no shift in Washington's stated position, and Chinese researchers say they read Western warnings about artificial intelligence risk as an attempt to slow Chinese developers.
Geopolitics
Kenya, Indonesia and Greenland Show Minerals and Rail Becoming Instruments of Bloc Competition
US-led and Chinese bidders are competing for a rare-earth site on Kenya's coast, Jakarta weighs Chinese finance for a 2,772-kilometre railway, and the new Arctic security pact bars Chinese investment outright.
Markets
Investment-Grade Diamond Prices Fall to Their Lowest Recorded Level as De Beers Bets on Natural Stones
The average price of a one-carat natural diamond has dropped to about $3,900 from more than $8,000 in 2021, and the company's chief executive is pursuing a strategy that depends on consumers returning to mined gems.
Geopolitics
Lavrov Rejects German Call to Step Back, Invoking the Second World War in Rare Talks
Germany's foreign minister asked Moscow to abandon what he called a dangerous path of escalation toward Europe, and Russia's top diplomat answered by asking whether Berlin has learned the war's lessons.
World
UN Adds 61 Companies to Its Settlement Business Database a Month Before Israel's Election
The listing lands as Israeli parties open their final campaign month and as European governments respond publicly to Benjamin Netanyahu's description of walkout delegates as morally cowardly.
World
Housing Costs Turn Into Electoral Risk From Madrid to the American Midterms
Tens of thousands marched in the Spanish capital after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, while institutional landlords have become a target in United States midterm campaigns.
World
Storms Disrupt Travel and Power Across Three Continents in a Single Weekend
A nor'easter cancelled hundreds of flights in the United States Northeast, Bangkok was declared a disaster zone after flooding, and Japan's weather agency tracked a strong typhoon toward Okinawa.
World
Pakistan Seals Its Capital With 1,500 Shipping Containers as a Court Strikes Down Travel Controls
The barricades were erected to block a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf march on the capital that has now been postponed to October 4, on the same weekend the Islamabad High Court voided the rule allowing agencies to bar citizens from leaving the country.