NPR's Scott Simon speaks to James Kraska - a professor of international maritime law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island - about the legality of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.

In a press conference at the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth says the US has the forces to restart combat operations in Iran if it ...

The BBC's chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.

After a month and a half of spiraling conflict in the Middle East, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday – less than two hours before US President Donald Trump’s ...

It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves. Geologic forces over millions of years have meant the region is an energy-rich global flash ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. strikes hit a city Tuesday that is home to one of Iran’s main nuclear sites, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran attacked a fully loaded Kuwaiti ...

Israel and the U.S. launched a new wave of strikes on Iran, hitting Tehran in the early morning hours. The video shared by Trump appeared to show a massive attack on Isfahan, where NASA fire-tracking ...

Jim Lebenthal, chief market strategist at Cerity Partners, predicts that global dependence on the Persian Gulf will diminish significantly within the next three to five years. In an interview with ...

“This is the time of rebirth, a new beginning,’’ Nazarzadeh said. “Nowruz means ‘new day.’ And this is my wish, of course, for all Iranians, whether they’re living in diaspora or living in Iran or ...

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 ...

BIMCO has released its Container Shipping Market Overview & Outlook March 2026 saying the Iran war amplifies outlook uncertainty. "Following the start of attacks on Iran on 28 February, transits ...

President Trump said talks were underway. A top Iranian official denied that, while other Iranians said messages were being traded through intermediaries. A damaged bridge on Monday after an Israeli ...