Australia will join the United States in a coalition of countries protecting oil tankers and cargo ships from threats posed by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday. Global commodity trading has been rocked in recent months after a series of attacks on...

Athens has received no request from the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya to dock in Greece, Merchant Marine Minister Ioannis Plakiotakis said Tuesday after a maritime tracker gave the ship's "reported destination" as the Greek port of Kalamata. "There is officially no request concerning the...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged Tuesday that Daesh (ISIS) militants are gaining strength in some areas but said the militant group's capacity to conduct attacks has been diminished. "It's complicated. There are certainly places where ISIS is more powerful today than they...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president Friday, state news agency IRNA reported. "We will visit Paris on Friday to meet Emmanuel Macron and France's foreign minister" Jean-Yves Le Drian, IRNA quoted Zarif...