The landlocked body of water has taken on new significance, with Russia shipping military and commercial goods to bolster Tehran’s ability to withstand the U.S. assault.

The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.

The event, shrunken because of security fears, adds to a sense that Moscow and other cities can no longer be insulated from the war.

Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.

A 76-year-old man died after he was pushed down subway stairs, and the police arrested a suspect who had been discharged from the public hospital’s psychiatric unit hours earlier.

Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.

Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.

The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.

A California sheriff said investigators were searching the backyard of a woman whose son was convicted of murdering Ms. Smart, who went missing in 1996.

Justin Baldoni’s company did not agree to make a payout as part of the deal that ended Ms. Lively’s lawsuit, but she is able to seek compensation through a separate legal avenue.

Results from municipal and regional elections signaled major gains for the right-wing populist Reform U.K. and steep losses for Labour.

The targeted Americans are accused of misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.

More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial.

The new measures are focused on Chinese companies that supply Iran’s military with materials to make drones.

Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.

State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.

The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure.

The New York Times has not authenticated the note. But some of its phrases are similar or identical to ones Jeffrey Epstein used in emails and another handwritten letter.

Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.