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The Trump administration's approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.

The U.S. Navy fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker that was attempting to breach the U.S. maritime blockade of Iran and sail to a port on the Gulf of Oman, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

President Trump said Wednesday he is waiting to see if Iran can make a "satisfactory" deal and warned he would make Tehran agree to his terms, one way or another, if they don't strike an agreement now.

Vienna police are bracing for protests against Israel's participation at the annual Eurovision international music contest next week, multiple news outlets report.

Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain next month in a weeklong trip that will also take him to a migrant reception center in the Canary Islands, the Vatican said ...

European auditors said Wednesday that they're unable to clearly trace the way that billions of euros are being spent out of a massive fund helping European Union countries rebuild their economies from damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million in a bogus stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed U.S. indictment and other court records.

U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White is criticizing Belgian prosecutors for filing criminal charges this week against three Jewish men for performing ritual circumcisions, calling it a "shameful stain" on the country that many would deem antisemitic ...

America's adversaries are wielding the country's generous immigration policies as a weapon against the nation, says conservative pundit Peter Schweizer, whose latest book delves into birth tourism and the exploitation of citizenship.

President Trump threatened Wednesday to bomb Iran at a "much higher level" if Tehran does not agree to emerging terms to end the war.