Former advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Brenda Shaffer, says Iran’s strategy of targeting Gulf states and regional neighbors has been counterproductive. She adds that Tehran’s ability to sustain drone and missile attacks is constrained,

Oil prices dipped but were on track for weekly gains as Gulf disruptions from the Middle East conflict broadly ‌persisted.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government has held recent talks with the U.S., marking the first time the Caribbean country confirms such speculations. He said Friday that the talks

The International Criminal Court prosecutor announced that the United States did not commit crimes against humanity with sanctions against Venezuela.

Both sides have claimed to inflict heavy losses in what has become their deadliest fighting in years, a confrontation Pakistan has described as an “open war” with Afghanistan.

The war is expanding into Lebanon, as an Israeli offensive to dismantle Hezbollah has displaced 800,000 people there, with more than 680 people killed.

The announcement was made just hours before Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is scheduled to speak early Friday "to address national and international issues."

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz for longer could deepen the worries of the world's fastest-growing economy