Iran is forcing oil tankers to take a new route in the Strait of Hormuz, with some ships charged millions of dollars to transit “the Tehran toll booth.”

A shift would highlight the growing trade-offs required for the U.S. to sustain its war with Iran as the conflict depletes the military’s critical munitions.

The government of Argentina on Thursday formally designated the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known as CJNG, as a terrorist organization.

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May during his first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip postponed due to the ongoing Iran war. Syakir Jasnee reports.

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in North Korea’s capital on Thursday and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty as the two Russian allies draw closer in the face of their confrontations with the U.

Nuclear power is getting a second look in Southeast Asia as countries prepare to meet surging energy demand as they vie for artificial intelligence-focused data centers. Several Southeast Asian nations are reviving mothballed nuclear plans and setting ambitious targets and nearly half of the region could,

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in court Thursday seeking to dismiss a drug trafficking indictment tied to a geopolitical dispute, as he is increasingly sidelined from government.

The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pursued an intensifying campaign against critics in a tough race before April elections.