17+ hour, 2+ min ago   (933+ words) An oil tanker was hit with a projectile off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report Tuesday that highlighted the ongoing dangers for shipping companies attempting to use the waterway while Iran holds it…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (194+ words) It’s a small amount and advances a good cause. Only 1 percent of the U.S. budget goes to international affairs, and nearly half of that provides support for global health, humanitarian aid and economic development. Yet, this year’s budget proposes to…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (793+ words) Outcomes of the investigations were “predetermined, without regard to the evidence” in a “politically mandated effort” to extract money from schools through settlement demands and funding freezes under the pretext of rooting out antisemitism, the complaint alleges. Lawyers for the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1117+ words) The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a regional tour that ended on Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said. A Hamas delegation and, separately, U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner were in Egypt…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (897+ words) Iran said on Saturday that Qatar was holding three of its pilots who had been missing since March. The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of attacking a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran-backed Houthis again struck a Red…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (937+ words) Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight Thursday as renewed violence continues to spread and feed growing fears that the country’s civil war could reignite and create a new front in the Middle East war....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (474+ words) Can Trump manage a satisfactory conclusion? An Iran war that was supposed to be brief, and then was supposed to be over, is imposing an increasing price on Donald Trump’s presidency. Yet, the political trajectory looks similar. Then, as now,…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1019+ words) The strait was an open international waterway before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. CAIRO — Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (675+ words) Congress has been known to slip indefensible special-interest provisions into large must-pass bills when no one is looking. What it has never done before is use such sleight of hand to hand over control of the U.S. military to a foreign…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (439+ words) Ronald Reagan promoted his philosophy of “trust by verify” in negotiations with the Soviets. President Donald Trump would be wise to apply the same caution in the Middle East. Last week, Mr. Trump announced that his Board of Peace had…...