The U.S. blockade of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz would last “for as long as it takes,” the defense secretary said.

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left. In an interview Thursday, Fatih Birol told The Associated Press of his concerns about

White House offers no hint of Iran war cost as it seeks military funding surge  White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he could not estimate the cost of the Iran war, as he defended President ​Donald Trump's request for a massive $1.

Pope Leo XIV spent his second day in Cameroon in Bamenda, the center of separatist fighting, calling for peace and criticizing the "masters of war."

An Australian judge turned away an appeal by former U.S. Marine pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the U.S. over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago.

European Union officials are heading to Budapest on Friday for talks with Hungary’s incoming leader, Peter Magyar, with no signs the outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban will drop his veto over a €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine.

South African opposition party leader Julius Malema was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after he was convicted of breaking firearm laws by firing a rifle at a political rally in 2018. He was released pending an appeal,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls to resign after it emerged that his former ambassador to the United States was initially denied security clearance for the role that he was eventually fired from over his close links