Pressure mounts on the Iran war ceasefire; Taiwan and China face off at a disputed atoll in the South China Sea; a supercharged El Niño threatens to compound an already dire food security outlook; and the House GOP defies President Trump on the Ukraine war.

Wheat farmers in Washington, Montana, and Idaho stand to suffer as global prices tick upward on supply concerns.

Decades of overconsumption has been exacerbated by acute drought, and the result is a brewing water crisis in Mexico.