The price of oil eased only slightly after the Trump administration sought to calm markets. Israel said it was striking Tehran and several U.S. allies reported attacks.

The United States views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals. Israel has a more regional approach. After nearly three weeks of war, their paths are diverging.

Sri Lanka did not agree to the request, officials said, and has tried to remain neutral in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

In an online journal, Yousef Pezeshkian offers readers a mix of personal anecdotes and glimpses behind the scenes as Iranian leaders are picked off one after another.

As they start a new year, Iranians are reckoning with bombardment, repression and economic misery. Still, many are holding fast to ancient traditions.

The president’s company is eyeing a site for a golf course and luxury apartments. Will a huge landfill and a troubled project history stand in the way?

A gathering in Brussels was meant to concentrate on jump-starting the E.U. economy. Instead, the fallout of the war in the Middle East is front and center.

Told that Nazar Daletskyi had died, his Ukrainian family buried what they thought were his remains. He turned up three years later in a prisoner-of-war exchange.

Argentina has often stood out for its openness to immigration. Under President Javier Milei, it has started to crack down.

Qatar blamed Tehran for strikes on its natural gas facilities, a day after Iran’s largest natural gas source was hit. The price of oil climbed to $114 a barrel as uncertainty over the war’s impacts on energy supplies grew.