Gerry Shih

Gerry Shih The United States and Iran traded heavy airstrikes on Monday, continuing days of renewed bombing as the countries fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz and a tentative truce has all but collapsed.

Gerry Shih, Michael Birnbaum The U.S. military is reimposing a blockade on Iranian ports, President Donald Trump said Monday, taking away

The deal that the United States and Iran struck last month to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and negotiate over Tehran’s nuclear program was merely ‘a test’, US President Donald Trump said.

TORONTO — India expelled a Canadian diplomat Tuesday in a tit-for-tat move after Canada's leader alleged the Indian government may have been behind the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a

When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid.

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The wartime blockage of cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is a boon for Syria, which is poised to capitalize on a need for alternative transit routes for oil.

AL-QARYATAYN, Syria - Day and night, 5,000 hulking trucks carrying oil from the Persian Gulf rumble across this stretch of barren desert as if in a caravan snaking its way toward the Mediterranean Sea.

Day and night, 5,000 oil trucks rumble across this barren desert, snaking towards the Mediterranean like a giant caravan.

Five of Israel’s six desalinization plants are offline. Untreated wastewater from Gaza’s destroyed sewage system could be part of the problem, experts warn.