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

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 ...

Oil prices rose in early market trading Sunday after the U.S. said it would blockade Iranian ports beginning Monday.

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

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

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Sunday he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, even as Israeli premier ...

The U.S. military has announced it will begin a blockade of Iranian ports, aiming to pressure Tehran into reopening the ...

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. His 11-day tour includes four African nations, promoting Christian-Muslim ...