The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s best leverage to get Washington to release Iran’s frozen assets, lift economic sanctions and end its naval blockade.Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Oman last Monday.
Israel and the United States aren’t just targeting the Lebanese militant group’s weapons. They’re going after its money.The aftermath of a strike in March on a building in Beirut that Israel asserted was linked to Hezbollah’s financial arm.
Hopes were dashed over the weekend for a breakthrough on shipping traffic through the critical waterway in the Persian Gulf.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking to the media in Washington last month.
Representative Jared Huffman of California, the only self-declared “humanist” in Congress, writes in a new book that the separation of church and state is in grave danger.
The president said Mr. Scharf, a deeply conservative lawyer and the current staff secretary, would replace David Warrington in early September.As White House staff secretary, Will Scharf has embraced some of the most extreme elements of President Trump’s agenda, but also pushed back against suspendi
Water levels in the reservoir, which sits behind the Hoover Dam, are at record lows. A continued drop would imperil water supplies for millions of people and cut electricity from the dam.A boat in Lake Mead near the Hoover Dam on Friday. The bathtub ring of light minerals marks the water level at it
Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and champagne-soaked revels.Since becoming a high-end travel concierge a few years ago, Olivia Ferney has found that she has a talent for fulfilling the requests of her highly demanding cl
The traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs, so Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt.
High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.
Officials told platforms to verify children’s ages using government-issued documents, like identity cards. But the companies have balked, apparently over privacy concerns.Malaysia’s social media ban for children under 16 was supposed to take effect on June 1.
Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul.Francisco de la Torre has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000. He is preparing to run next year for his eighth consecutive term.
She challenged the conventional view that a majority of head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
Police divers found a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby in the water near Liberty Island. A man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.Emergency officials found a mother and daughter in the water near Liberty Island on Saturday night and rescued 12 others after a boat overturne
Just shy of 44 with boyish good looks, Rob Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this country.
A.I. has become a kind of social sealant, filling the gaps in young people’s relationships.
He played the mechanic Cooter Davenport on the hit television series before serving two terms as a Democratic congressman from Georgia.Ben Jones, who starred in “The Dukes of Hazzard,” in Hollywood in 1999.
