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Venezuela insisted Wednesday that a disputed mineral-rich region of Guyana was "fraudulently" taken in a 19th-century example of colonialism, arguing that a 1966 agreement and not the United Nations' highest court should finalize ownership of the ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, for talks in Beijing Wednesday and pushed for an agreement that would end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

China's foreign minister on Wednesday called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Iran war, in comments that could inject new energy into stalled efforts to end the two-month conflict between the United States and Iran.

Oil prices plummeted and Wall Street stocks surged on Wednesday after President Trump pointed to "great progress" toward reaching a peace that ends the U.S. war with Iran.

The Pentagon's counterintelligence agency is funding a company with ties to Chinese state financial infrastructure in identifying threats from military firms -- entities that Beijing could use to hide the dangers, national security analysts disclosed ...

President Donald Trump will host Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday for talks about shared economic and security issues, a White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity about a meeting that has not been ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that a peace deal between Israel and Lebanon is not impossible, but will be an arduous task.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday clarified that "Project Freedom," the U.S operation to guide commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, is purely defensive.

A Democrat has opened another front against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, up there in importance, he surely thinks, with Mr. Hegseth's wars against Nicolas Maduro, Iran and Pentagon woke.

The U.S. ceasefire with Iran is intact despite a second day of hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on a critical Gulf ally, the Trump administration said Tuesday.