President Donald Trump's peace negotiators reportedly attempted to reach the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leadership, going around their Iran counterparts and Middle East contacts to try to end ...

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday, following attacks ​on tankers, while U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the Middle East ‌conflict stalled.

President Trump said Sunday that South Korea declined to join the U.S. effort to denuclearize Iran and announced that he has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with the East ...

Meanwhile, ships in the region face ongoing challenges as Trump and Iran remain at odds over control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is being condemned by Lebanese leaders for strikes in the south that killed at least 11 people, including children, ...

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On February 28, the United States and Israel began strikes on Iran, setting off a monthslong war in the region. Very soon after this, Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz — a key ...

Iran war drags on with no end in sight, oil traders and policymakers are grappling with a critical question: are global oil ...

The Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of an increasingly tense confrontation between Iran and the United States, with both sides offering sharply dif ...

A $4 million Panama Canal slot bid highlights mounting congestion as draft restrictions tighten and an expected strong El Niño threatens water levels.

The economic repercussions of the US and Israeli conflict with Iran are projected to impose a €16.8 billion burden on German households, with the nation's poorest populations bearing the brunt of the ...

As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL's Central Newsroom and ...