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What to know about Trump’s Iran blockade and the Strait of Hormuz

The United States’ plan to blockade Iranian ports and marine traffic starting at 10 a.m. ET Monday has sent oil prices surging, as the countries…

Trump’s Iran threats alarm war crimes experts

Donald Trump risks turning America into a "rogue state," a former U.S. ambassador for war crimes issues warned Wednesday after the president threatened to bomb…

Vital radar aircraft destroyed by Iranian strike on U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, photos show

The destruction of a warning and control system aircraft on an American base in Saudi Arabia could impact the U.S.' ability to monitor threats from…

U.N. experts demand Israel release prominent Gaza doctor after reports of ‘severe torture’

United Nations experts are calling for Israel to immediately release Dr.

Trump backs off escalation but Iran war goes on amid ‘productive’ talks

The clock that was ticking toward a dramatic new escalation in the Iran war may now be counting down to a deal that would end…

Iran refuses to back down after Trump issues 48-hour deadline over Strait of Hormuz

Tehran has threatened to escalate strikes on energy infrastructure and target critical water desalination facilities, should President Donald Trump make good on a promise to…

Palestinians feel forgotten as Iran war captures attention and ceasefire progress slows

Burning scraps of plastic and cardboard in a large tin can outside his family's tent in a southern Gaza graveyard, Raed Abu Ouda prepares a…

Humanitarian crisis looms in Lebanon where nearly 750,000 people have been displaced by war

A humanitarian crisis is looming in Lebanon where more than 750,000 people have been displaced since the U.S. and Israel began their war with Iran.

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late ayatollah, named Iran’s new supreme leader

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in…

U.S. and Iran hold new talks as Trump raises pressure for nuclear deal

The United States and Iran were meeting in Geneva on Thursday for talks aimed at a diplomatic resolution to their long-running nuclear dispute, as President…