Iran’s stranglehold over the waterway completely reshaped shipping during the war. The U.S. naval blockade is an attempt to stop that.

The status of U.S.-Iran peace talks was not clear early Thursday, a day after a Pakistani delegation arrived in the Iranian capital. President Trump said Israeli and Lebanese leaders would speak later in the day.

Neither side confirmed a meeting. Israeli and Lebanese officials have said a cease-fire in the war against Hezbollah is under consideration.

China used a visit by the Vietnamese leader to show a deepening of security ties that analysts say far outpaces U.S. defense ties in the region.

Corruption and economic mismanagement brought down Hungary’s authoritarian leader. Will his political disciples avoid those pitfalls?

Once held up as a key solution to climate change, a field that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere is struggling to catch on.

An effort to privatize the facility is a key test of whether Kyiv can overcome concerns about Russian attacks and corruption to attract foreign investment.

In a cloud forest village, a network of residents, foreigners and pacifist Quakers offered a precarious yet vital sanctuary for families expelled by the U.S. government.

Moscow is again ramping up missile and drone attacks on civilian targets, dispelling any notion that a temporary cease-fire for Orthodox Easter might become more lasting.