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The United Kingdom this week will bring together representatives of 35 countries to devise a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has closed amid the U.S.-Israeli air campaign, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump has said he is strongly considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO, ratcheting up his criticism of European allies and exposing a wider rift in the transatlantic alliance - this time over America's war alongside Israel against ...

Iranian officials on Wednesday made it clear that the Strait of Hormuz will not be open to U.S.-linked vessels for the foreseeable future and will be accessible only to countries that adhere to the Islamic republic's new rules for the waterway.

Sweden's prime minister said Wednesday that his center-right party would allow a rival with far-right roots to enter the government if the country's election this year produces a right-wing majority, taking a further decisive step to bring it into ...

Three additional suspects were arrested Wednesday on arson charges in the torching of four ambulances owned by a Jewish charity in London, police said.

A man charged after a car plowed into a crowd outside a pub in the English city of Derby over the weekend, injuring seven people, appeared in court Wednesday and was jailed pending trial.

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon.

President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. could end the Iran conflict in two to three weeks, adding that it could be sooner if Iran wants to make a deal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Iran is still able to project power beyond its borders with drone and missile barrages despite more than a month of consistent U.S. and Israeli attacks.

The Pentagon is deploying the full spectrum of military forces for "maximum optionality" in the Middle East, giving President Trump virtually unlimited options in deciding how far to push the U.S. campaign against Iran.