Oil prices traded higher after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Mexican navy ships and aircraft were searching the Carribean and Gulf of Mexico for two missing aid boats bringing food and medical supplies to Cuba.

The Hamas militant group is weighing a new proposal for disarming its fighters in Gaza, a major concession that would clear the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for rebuilding the war-ravaged territory.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from a hospital in the capital and will continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upscale gated communi

The U.S. House of Representatives ​could vote as soon as Friday on a measure to end a six-week partial government shutdown that has caused severe ‌delays at airports across the country, though it does not resolve an underlying dispute over President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement.

A U.N. inquiry says Syria shows no sign it has investigated alleged abuses by its forces during deadly sectarian clashes in Sweida province. The U.N. commission says at least 1,700 people died,

Dubai in the UAE has been the biggest driver of growth in recent years, and the Middle East tensions come at a critical time in the luxury industry.

The mother of two children who died in a missile strike on a school at the start of the Iran war has blamed the U.S. for their deaths and told the United Nations “not to let this tragedy be forgotten.