If the U.S. follows through on its threats to bomb the oil assets on Kharg Island, the war would likely escalate and oil prices would increase exponentially.

As Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi prepares for her first White House visit, President Donald Trump calls for Japan and other allies to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR’s Leila Fadel discusses what she was hoping to learn and what she found during her recent trip to Iraq amid the war with Iran that has engulfed the region.

President Trump said that Israel acted alone when it struck the South Pars gas field in Iran. Trump threatened Iran to halt its attacks on Qatar’s facilities, or face a “blow up” of their South Pars field.

Residents of some areas have been without mains water for weeks.

The allegations have prompted the cancellations of events and celebrations planned in his honour later this month.

The BBC’s Will Grant reports from the island days after the entire national electric grid collapsed.

More than 1,100 Afghans evacuated by the US fear their route to promised resettlement is closed for good.

India’s educational enrolment has surged but jobs, especially good ones, are not keeping pace, a new report finds.

The Canadian province has proposed legislation that will limit its use solely to end-of-life circumstances.

Officials believe the man – known as Lobo Menor – is linked to the killing of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.

Lawmakers pressed intelligence officials about the Iran war, and if the Islamic Republic had posed an imminent threat.

It’s not just oil tankers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz. U.N. aid shipments are also hindered by the war in Iran.

The agency Mullin is vying to run entered its fifth week without funding, and concerns surrounding the budget loomed over questions.

The US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was questioned over what Democrats perceive as a discrepancy between White House and intelligence community claims.

The former reality TV star guided his dogs through a roughly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race, completing it in nine days, seven hours, and 32 minutes.

Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea – Ukraine’s peninsula annexed by Russia.

A group of grandmothers in central Kenya have formed a soccer team to keep fit and to give hope to a generation of teenagers — whom they sometimes outrun on the field.

The Federal Reserve is expected to hold the benchmark interest rate steady today amid economic uncertainty. And, Sen. Mullin faces a confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

A state-imposed internet blackout has obscured the reality of life in Iran as the war rages on. Those fleeing through neighboring countries share a rare glimpse of what life is like in Iran.