Venezuela's opposition leader announced a mass street rally set for Tuesday to move forward the “next stage” of their US-backed attempt to gain power in the oil-rich country.  "We call on all of Venezuela to mobilize. Together, with the citizen power and the work of the National...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil with a crew of 12, Iran's state TV reported Thursday, just days after an oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates disappeared off trackers in Iranian territorial waters. The Panamanian-flagged oil...

Britain is rightly concerned about protecting its goods in the Strait of Hormuz, defense minister Penny Mordaunt said Thursday following tensions with Iran over the passage of vessels in the Gulf. Relations between Tehran and the West have been increasingly strained after Britain seized an...

Boris Johnson, favorite to be the next British prime minister, on Wednesday refused to say whether he would seek to shut Parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit but agreed such a plan could be convenient for him. Sky News reported on Tuesday that Johnson is considering holding the...