China’s leader, Xi Jinping, said that the world cannot risk reverting “to the law of the jungle.” Beijing has taken a more active role diplomatically as the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz persists.
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris spent years in a Tehran prison. An Iranian court convicted them of espionage, charges that France said were baseless.
In sharp contrast to the Trump administration’s calls for Christian prayers for the war effort, Pope Leo XIV says military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”
While detaining a CNN crew, a soldier said that Israeli troops were motivated by “revenge” against Palestinians and that all of the West Bank was “for the Jews.”
While detaining a CNN crew, a soldier said that Israeli troops were motivated by “revenge” against Palestinians and that all of the West Bank was “for the Jews.”
The 90-mile waterway, back in focus amid Israel’s renewed offensive in Lebanon, could define how far the fighting spreads.
The Palestinian militant group, which has ties to both Iran and Qatar, is “walking on a knife’s edge,” an analyst said.
The Palestinian militant group, which has ties to both Iran and Qatar, is “walking on a knife’s edge,” an analyst said.
The United States said this week that it had attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian mines damaged oil tankers and a U.S. Navy warship.
U.S. officials say the country’s weapons have been diminished, slowing its attacks on Gulf nations and Israel. Iran may also be holding some weapons in reserve in case the conflict is prolonged.