James LaPorta is the national security coordinating producer for the CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine veteran infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. Washington — Three ...

China told its independent refineries to disregard U.S. sanctions over their purchases of Iranian crude. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The United States on Monday urged China to push ...

Iranian negotiators are seeking separate tracks for a deal over the Strait of Hormuz and talks on broader peace, including nuclear issues. The White House is weighing an Iranian proposal that would ...

Panama reaffirmed the "neutrality" of its canal on Tuesday along with the "need to preserve" maritime transit routes amid the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during the Middle East war. The conflict ...

That's the question songwriter Rostam Batmanglij has been reflecting on in his new album, American Stories. Batmanglij, known ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google US forces Monday sank six small Iranian boats deployed to harass vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, shortly before ...

In early February, according to The New York Times and other outlets, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced U.S. President Donald Trump that airstrikes could help catalyze an anti-regime ...

Analysis: Trump says U.S. does not know "who the leader is in Iran" Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, ahead of a planned meeting with Russian President ...

An “unprecedented” crisis is unfolding for 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Persian Gulf, a UN body has warned, as the Strait of Hormuz closure leaves crews trapped on ships with no clear way out. As ...

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, met with President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow. Russia has tried to avoid entanglement in the conflict while remaining a key player in the region. By Ivan ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other U.S. agencies recently published a cyber advisory notice warning of the cyber threat posed by Iranian hackers to U.S.

Leaders across the globe called on Iran Monday evening to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East after the country launched attacks on the United Arab Emirates, putting the ceasefire agreement to its ...