The Islamic Republic was not to be messed with in this way. Its visa regime was deadly serious; so was the official paranoia about foreigners. American tourists were required to travel with a ...

Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Her new book, “The Undersea War,” is out later this ...

HONG KONG — He and his shipmates stay up on the deck at night, sometimes watching rockets fly over their heads. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

The intensifying conflict in the Persian Gulf “has triggered one of the most rapid and severe disruptions to global commodity flows in recent times,” the Chief Economist with the UN Food and ...

Dozens of refineries, oil fields, gas plants, ports and other energy infrastructure have been damaged by missile and drone strikes, six weeks since the war began. Senior US and Iranian officials are ...

As the United States and Israel continue the war which might free the Iranian people from a tyrannical regime, the yearning of the people of Israel for positive relations with the Iranian people has ...

President Trump has suggested providing escorts for stranded tankers. A mine strike on a U.S. frigate in the Persian Gulf shows the perils of doing so. By Peter Eavis On a hazy afternoon in the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In Iran, war overshadows traditional celebrations of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Economic collapse and ...

Tehran: Iran on Monday threatened to deploy "naval mines" in the Gulf if the United States and Israel were to attack any of its coasts or islands. "Any attempt by the enemy to attack Iranian coasts or ...

President Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, instructing the Pentagon to postpone “any and all military strikes” against Iranian power plants and energy ...