France's finance minister said the country is ready to help secure the Strait of Hormuz but not when missiles and drones are attacking ships in the passage. European countries are reluctant to get involved in the U.

The leader of Cuba is vowing to put up "resistance" against the U.S. as President Trump suggests he may "take" the island nation, whose communist government has faced intense U.S. pressure and languished under energy shortages.

Wall Street followed global markets higher Wednesday and the price of U.S. crude fell eased despite a new barrage of attacks by Iran on its Gulf neighbors. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each rose 0.

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are betting the oil-price shock sparked by the Iran crisis will be too short-lived to hurt them politically in November, but traders and ​industry analysts see signs that U.

Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title by appeals judges who overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January

Nigeria suicide bombings in Maiduguri killed at least 23 people and wounded over 100 others in deadly attacks targeting a hospital and market Monday night.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is deploying a second Patriot missile-defense system to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base to bolster the alliance’s air defenses against threats from Iran.

Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church and one of the country’s most influential figures, has died at the age of 93. Ilia II died late Tuesday after