Giles Snyder

The Paris-based International Energy Agency says the war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of global oil markets.

Israel's military prosecutor has dismissed all charges against a group of soldiers accused of sexually abusing a detainee from Gaza.

It was one of the most prominent cases of alleged abuse that Israeli authorities investigated from the Gaza war.

NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv.

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The U.S.

military says rescue efforts are ongoing in western Iraq.

U.S.

Central Command confirming in a statement that one of its refueling aircraft went down in an incident that involved another aircraft that was able to land safely.

The military says the crash was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.

Casualties are unclear.

New federal drought data show much of the American West is now experiencing its lowest snowpack in history.

NPR's Kirk Sigler reports this comes as record heat is expected to bear down on the region in the next week.

Stocks in Japan tracking Wall Street's declines.

A benchmark Nikkei down 1.3% in Friday trading as the Iran war drives oil prices higher.

Wall Street finished sharply lower.

The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Thursday.

The Dow dropped 1.6%.

I'm Giles Snyder.

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