Trump told supporters the Iran conflict was effectively decided early, offering shifting descriptions of the war and its scope.

By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Bo Erickson DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran have signaled no quick end to their war, with U.S. President Donald Trum

The war with Iran widened on Wednesday as commercial vessels came under attack near the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran threatened oil traffic through the waterway and Iranian officials said the country’s new supreme leader had been wounded in earlier U.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. military "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels ⁠near ⁠the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the ⁠U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any ​mines laid in the Strait by Iran must be removed immediately.

Hezbollah prepares guerrilla warfare tactics in south Lebanon as Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut strongholds, with expert predicting Israeli ground invasion.

Iran fired on commercial ships Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic.

As night approached, a wave of heavy Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern outskirts reverberated across the Lebanese capital. It marked an escalation of tit-for-tat attacks. More than 600 people have been killed inside Lebanon and over 800,000 people displaced since the latest conflict began a week ago.

Iran's sports minister on Wednesday raised the possibility that the country's national men's soccer team withdraws from the upcoming World Cup.