After dawn broke Monday, a handful of vessels slipped through the narrow passage between Oman and Iran: a Chinese freighter, a Vietnamese ship and two Iran-linked oil tankers. And then, as U.S.

Farhan Bokhari is a foreign correspondent based in Islamabad who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region. Despite the U ...

Washington says it "will not impede" vessels in the Strait of Hormuz travelling to and from ports of other countries.

Traditionally, alliances were forged as highly contingent, time-bound partnerships, but after World War II, the United States went about establishing permanent ones, including NATO and bilateral ...

Despite frantic, overnight negotiations, peace talks between Iran and the United States have broken down. The two sides had no shortage of dispute to settle, and so it was always going to be hard for ...

Trump says Iranians are doing no business in the Hormuz strait as UK maritime officials tell ships in the area to expect ...

UK maritime officials advise vessels in the area they may encounter a "military presence" and "right-of-visit procedures ...

A US blockade of Iran's ports takes effect - Donald Trump said it would begin at 10:00 ET (14:00 GMT / 15:00 BST) In a social media post, the US president warns that any Iranian " ...

A US naval blockade will cut off Iran's main source of hard currency by halting most of its oil exports. Will Donald Trump's ...

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem urged Lebanon to cancel a planned meeting with Israel in Washington on Tuesday, reiterating his ...

From his small shop in Beirut, facing a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, Qassem Saad said he was exhausted by ...

A lot of taxpayers are being happily surprised with larger than expected refunds this filing season thanks to President ...