A gun boat from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on a container ship in the contested waterway before a cargo ship came under fire in a separate attack, the British military says.

The death of two U.S. intelligence officials has exposed the expanding, often secret reach of American operations south of the border.

As wealthy nations scramble to secure stocks of oil, the result is higher prices for all and shortages in vulnerable countries.

European Union envoys are meeting in hopes of approving a massive loan to support Ukraine's military and financial needs for the next two years.

President Donald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans

Europe's airlines began the year reasonably well-protected, but analysts warn jet fuel hedges are now "thinning fast".

China praised the island nations of the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar after they denied President Lai Ching-te permission to fly over their territories.

Two Palestinians, among them a 14-year-old boy, have been shot and killed at a school in the occupied West Bank amid an attack by Israeli settlers, the Palestinian Health Ministry and multiple eyewitnesses said.