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President Trump said Monday that the U.S. has asked Beijing to delay his planned trip to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping by "a month or so" because of the ongoing war in Iran.

President Trump said Monday there is a former U.S. president who privately expressed support for military action against Iran and said he wished he'd done it.

President Trump said Monday he is keeping a close watch on which countries help the U.S. break Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and reopen the critical passage to oil traffic.

Armed militants attacking Christian communities in Nigeria are increasingly issuing a stark ultimatum to villagers: Convert to Islam and pay a religious tax known as jizya or face execution, according to eyewitness accounts collected by The ...

A massive grid failure has left two-thirds of Cuba without electricity.

President Trump said Monday he is keeping a close watch on which countries help the U.S. break Iran's logjam and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic.

South Korea and Japan on Monday downplayed the possibility of sending warships to secure tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz, defying U.S. President Trump's call for global powers to join the effort.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a compound in Tehran that Iran was using to develop weapons to threaten Israeli satellites and the space assets of other countries, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday.

World leaders were not enthusiastic about President Trump's demand that U.S. allies commit resources to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with most offering noncommittal statements or outright refusals on Monday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump might postpone his trip to China in late March if he needs to monitor the Iran war from Washington.