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Taipei welcomed Western statements of support Thursday after Beijing reiterated its intent "to exercise China's jurisdiction" in waters east of the democratic island in what alarmed overseas capitals called "novel" offshore actions.

Peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran faced further challenges on Thursday as Tehran issued threats to commercial vessels traveling outside preapproved routes in the Strait of Hormuz and rejected calls to use unfrozen funds to purchase ...

Just shy of its one-year opening, Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" is closing its doors, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday.

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man inside his home in the occupied West Bank, a relative said Thursday. The Israeli military confirmed the shooting and said the man had thrown objects at the soldiers.

Russia is burying the carcasses of livestock infected with anthrax within occupied Ukraine in an apparent attempt, according to Kyiv, to spread the disease to nearby residential areas.

The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Thursday for the Department of Homeland Security to wind down a deportation amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, ruling that President Trump's decision to end Temporary Protected Status wasn't ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he did not discuss the purported $300 billion Iran reconstruction fund with Persian Gulf leaders during his visit this week, even as other U.S. officials say the Gulf Cooperation Council members will ...

A senior Iranian official on Thursday rebutted U.S. claims that Tehran would use its unfrozen assets to buy American farm products, saying the U.S. only exports "broken promises."

Oman said Thursday that any agreements with Iran over regulations in the Strait of Hormuz will not include tolls, even as Tehran proposes imposing "service fees" on commercial ships moving through the waterway.

Chinese-Philippine tensions were raised over China's recent placement of some type of floating platform near the Scarborough Shoal, a resource-rich islet claimed by both Beijing and Manila.