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DUBAI – A tanker reported being hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime security organization said on Monday, shortly after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would start helping free ships stranded in the Gulf by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

The Amazon rainforest has been plundered for decades for rubber, timber and gold. Now, illegal prospectors are setting their sights on a new treasure: critical minerals coveted by much of the world.

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Hezbollah has paid a heavy price for going to war with Israel on March 2: Israel has occupied a chunk of southern Lebanon, displaced hundreds of thousands of its Shi'ite Muslim constituents and killed as many as several thousand of its fighters, according to previously unreported casualty estimates from within the group.

MEXICO CITY – The governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, who has been accused by the U.S. of aiding one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, said on Friday he would step down temporarily as a local investigation into the charges proceeds.

WASHINGTON – The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe.

Amsterdam is famously a place where anything goes. Prostitution is legal. Coffee shops sell marijuana and hashish. Truffles laced with the psychoactive compounds found in hallucinogenic mushrooms are available at “smart shops.”

Key Republicans in Congress are growing impatient about the complex and costly conflict in the Middle East as the war reaches its 60-day mark, pivoting after weeks of deferring to President Donald Trump to a more skeptical posture.

Iran’s record internet blackout is emerging as a key dividing line between the country’s powerful security apparatus and its civilian government, underlining how the war with the U.S. has extended the military’s control over daily life. Top government officials have become increasingly vocal about their opposition to the shutdown, imposed by authorities led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard ...

TOKYO – Japan’s relaxation of its weapons-export rules opens a path for talks that could one day lead to Tokyo supplying military equipment to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion, Kyiv’s ambassador to Japan told Reuters.

President Donald Trump posted online Thursday that he would remove tariffs on some whiskey, a move that could ease trade tensions for Scotch whisky and Kentucky bourbon producers.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the U.S. prosecution of a sitting Mexican governor and other officials on drug trafficking charges as “political,” and said Thursday that Mexico would not comply with Washington’s demands that the accused be arrested and extradited to the United States.

The U.S. and Iran showed little sign of breaking their impasse and agreeing to another round of peace talks, with President Donald Trump insisting that his navy’s blockade is working. Trump told Axios the blockade of Iran’s ports is “somewhat more effective than the bombing” and “choking” the country by restricting its oil exports. At the same time, U.S. military commanders are set to brief ...

On one corner of Calle Enramadas in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, a group of homeless elderly people gather daily. What used to be a colorful strip of lively businesses have now become shelters for hungry old people who, on the verge of fainting, ask for a glass of water so they can keep walking in the sun.

In the months since President Donald Trump launched a special “gold card” visa that would grant citizenship to people willing to pay $1 million, his administration has touted the program as a success. The president has called it a “green card on steroids,” and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed the program has brought in $1.3 billion in revenue.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will depart the Middle East and begin the sail for home in coming days, multiple U.S. officials said, an expected relief for roughly 4,500 sailors who have been deployed for 10 months - but a loss of significant firepower as peace talks between the U.S. and Iran stagnate.

The United Arab Emirates is reassessing its role and contributions across multilateral organizations but is not considering any further withdrawals at this time, a UAE official told Reuters on Wednesday, a day after Abu Dhabi ​announced its withdrawal from OPEC.