Situated northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically important shipping route in the Gulf, Kharg Island has long been seen as Tehran’s Achilles’ heel. Grabbing it today could “let Trump beat ...

President Donald Trump spent the last year launching trade wars and pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, challenging the resiliency and foundations of the U.S. economic system. The ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday night for a murder he did not commit or even witness. Charles “Sonny” Burton ...

The government has said its new definition of anti-Muslim hostility does not restrict people’s freedom to criticise Islamism but gives “a clear explanation of unacceptable prejudice, discrimination ...

His “ascent marks the collapse of the last egalitarian pillar of the revolution, namely that the mullahs, unlike decadent ...

Some people travel for leisure but for those who love history, Unesco’s World Heritage Sites are a ready-made bucket list. The UN agency started these listings in 1978 with a goal of preserving ...

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Lobster fishers have been forced to “grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean,” said The Associated Press. Increasing costs fueled the significant decline in Maine’s lobster ...

President Donald Trump has called himself the “peace president,” but throughout his second term in office he has demonstrated an ongoing willingness to use the military in overseas operations. Ecuador ...

The Pentagon on Tuesday night said the U.S. had destroyed several Iranian naval vessels, “including 16 mine layers near the Strait of Hormuz,” during another da ...

Funeral homes and spas in Japan have started offering “coffin lying,” in which people pay to relax and meditate inside an open or closed casket. If a wellness guru were to open a so-called coffin ...