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President Trump said Monday that his blockade of Iranian ports is designed to get Tehran back to the negotiating table and compel the Iranians to relinquish their chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump on Monday threatened to blow up Iranian ships that attempt to disrupt his blockade of Iranian ports, as both sides jockey for leverage during a tenuous ceasefire.

All that newborn Shiman knows of the world is a flimsy tent along Beirut's waterfront - the stench of mildewed blankets, stings of swarming insects and screams of Israeli warplanes striking the Lebanese capital.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace and the end of "neocolonial tendencies" in world affairs, while facing an extraordinary broadside by President Donald Trump over his criticism of the U.S.

Fierce fighting rocked the strategic southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil on Monday, as Israeli troops appeared to encircle the area while Hezbollah militants launched rockets and artillery in an effort to push them back.

An Israeli army general who was seriously wounded in a firefight with Hamas during its October 2023 assault into southern Israel will be the head of Mossad, the country's national intelligence agency.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that the United Kingdom is "not supporting" the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Officials in Tehran talked tough as President Trump's blockade of Iranian ports loomed on Monday, saying the regime still had "cards" to play after peace talks broke down over the weekend.

The U.S. military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor, as the Trump administration pursues its campaign against alleged traffickers in ...

President Trump on Sunday announced the U.S. will attempt to cut off another source of revenue for the Iranian regime by blockading the Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without a deal.