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Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four years in prison after insulting the president and making claims of racial bias, their lawyers told The Associated Press, in the West African nation long criticized by rights ...

Russia's Defense Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but it threatened to strike back at Kyiv if it tries to disrupt the Victory Day ...

U.S. forces on Monday sank six small Iranian gunboats and intercepted several drones and cruise missiles that were targeting military and commercial vessels operating in the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump said Monday the U.S. military "shot down" seven speedy Iranian boats and urged South Korea to join efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The ceasefire in the Iran war abruptly faced its most perilous moment Monday after the United States began trying to open the Strait of Hormuz to allow hundreds of stranded commercial ships sail out.

Iran threatened ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday as the U.S. began to guide vessels through the waterway, a bold operation President Trump launched to break an impasse in peace talks and reduce the economic fallout from the war.

He had met his 6-year-old son only once. A few days together in a life otherwise spent apart.

The United Arab Emirates' eastern emirate of Fujairah says an Iranian drone sparked a fire at an oil facility.

The Israeli government has approved the purchase of two U.S.-built fighter jet squadrons for the Israeli air force.

The U.S. military is denying Iranian claims that it struck a Navy ship in the Middle East as President Trump launches a program to help vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.