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The two largest U.S. oil companies, ExxonMobil and Chevron reported blowout profits as oil prices remain sharply elevated due to the U.S. war with Iran.

NBC News' Keir Simmons reports from Russia's capital in a rare visit to Moscow. He talks with one woman taking a big risk by calling for peace, pushing back on the long war with Ukraine. It comes as Putin works to bypass isolation from Europe, hosting an Africa Summit and selling drones.

A new report from the New York Times reveals that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a possible Chinese spy plot, involving an executive at a Singapore-based company. NBC News has not independently confirmed the details of the investigation.   

What we know about the deadly high-speed train crash in Spain

Bowing in apology before reporters, John Lee pledged to make reforms advocated in a scathing report on the residential blaze that killed 168 people last year.

Far-right demonstrators clashed with police outside the country’s Transportation Ministry, where they had gathered to call for the prime minister’s resignation.

Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have arrived in Miami, where the U.S. government will grant them entry visas after he refused to comply with Brazil’s order to surrender his passports. NBC News’ Carlos Curbelo explains how Bolsonaro was granted entry and its impact on U.S.-Brazil relations.

Spain’s transportation minister said it was ‘inexplicable’ how the disaster happened when a high-speed train rear-ended another train that had stopped on the same track. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez reports.

A cruise ship which promised a multi-year round-the-world journey has left passengers stranded in Cambodia after it ceased operations, blaming the Iran war and rising fuel costs. Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said in a news release that it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship that launched from Belfast, Northern Ireland, three years ago

Rescue efforts continue into the night as authorities work through the wreckage of a deadly train collision south of Madrid. At least 68 people were killed in the crash and dozens more injured, with the Spanish prime minister vowing action if "negligence" led to the accident.

Several Americans are among the injured and the U.S. is working with local authorities to provide help, the State Department said.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuba’s foreign minister traded heated words at the United Nations as Waltz accused Cuba’s government of corruption. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda reports.

The scale of the backlash prompted the French captain to apologize “to everyone my words have upset,” saying that his “comment was ill-judged.”

Families of victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks called on Israelis to vote as polling stations opened in the country’s national election. The election is Israel’s first since the attacks that killed more than 1,200 people and were following by Israel's assault on Gaza, which has killed at least 74,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities.

The agreement would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation,” the White House said.

Rapper Macklemore has started his sold-out “Free Palestine” tour after the controversial decision to remove him from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports on the tour's kick off in Dublin. 

Venezuelan opposition leader – and Nobel Peace Prize winner – Maria Corina Machado made a surprise return to Venezuela where she was greeted by massive crowds. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.

The Trump ally faces one of the most significant electoral tests of his decadeslong political career in the first election since the Oct. 7 attacks.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was re-elected for a historic fourth term in office. Lula’s far-right opponent Flavio Bolsonaro refused to concede and called for the results to be annulled after a Supreme Court ruling extended the voting by two hours.

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado returned from exile to Venezuela for the first time since December, amid rising doubts over the country’s democracy and U.S. involvement. Her first public appearance since the U.S. military ousted Nicolás Maduro.