My (Surprisingly Calm) Flight Through Hurricane Irma

We embedded with the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters. On a 12-hour flight, the crew gathered data on Hurricane Irma as it made landfall over Cuba on its way to Florida.

The answer to North Korea lies in a secret third-party negotiator, says Gen. Wesley Clark

With U.S. prodding, the United Nations on Monday agreed to further limit global trade with North Korea following the country’s most powerful nuclear test ever. Although the new sanctions are bound to further squeeze Pyongyang’s economy, many analysts...

World stock markets hit record highs ahead of UK inflation data – business live

3.36am EDT03:36 European stock markets are pushing higher in early trading, as the momentum from Wall Street’s rally ripples back to the City. European stock markets Photograph: Thomson Reuters Naeem Aslam of Think Markets says: Investors are surely feeling less...