The U.S. is economically blacklisting five more Russians, including a senior law enforcement official in President Vladimir Putin's government. Under the sanctions, their assets are blocked and people in the United States are generally prohibited from dealing with them. The new sanctions...

A U.S. warship fired warning shots at the weekend at four Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels that approached it at high speed in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. defense officials said Monday. The shots fired by the destroyer USS Mahan Sunday put an end to the incident, which U.S. officials...

Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country's turbulent politics. The political survivor's life spanned the...

Oil prices fell on Monday as increased exports from Iran undermined efforts by other oil producers to curb a global fuel supply overhang and as U.S. drillers increased activity for a 10th straight week. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were trading at...