The U.S. military said Monday that two American-flagged merchant ships had successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz and that Navy guided-missile destroyers in the Persian Gulf were helping to restore shipping traffic.

Jewish Australians have told a commission into anti-Semitism in the wake of the Bondi Beach mass-shooting that hatred of Jews was now out in the open.

Arrests and executions in Iran have been on the rise since the start of the regional war triggered by a U.S.-Israeli attack on February 28.

The S&P 500 was relatively unchanged on Monday as the latest developments in the Middle East sent oil prices higher, sparking further worries about instability in the region. The broad market index declined 0.

On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke to NPR about his doubts about the regime's account.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip will come after President Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV and then turned on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy for defending the pontiff.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party is poised to take control of West Bengal, an opposition stronghold, in a key local election

China has ordered its companies to ignore US sanctions, an unprecedented act of defiance that threatens to trap a vast banking sector in the crossfire as tension rises between the world’s largest economies.