WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a rare move, is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases ...

The defense secretary has ordered the carriers Carl Vinson and Harry S. Truman to be in the region as the U.S. increases ...

Houthi rebels have resumed their attacks on Israel, after the US targeted rebel strongholds in Yemen. The renewed conflict comes amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, made worse by sanctions and ...

Iran's leader warned the U.S. could receive "severe slaps" following President Donald Trump’s threats toward Yemen’s Houthis, ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that U.S. threats against the country would fail, and reiterated ...

The Trump administration appears to have set no restrictions. It hasn’t criticized Israel’s decision to once again seal off ...

One day before President Donald Trump took office in January, the Houthis pledged to end their targeting of ships on one of ...

The USA imposed sanctions on the Chinese company, Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical, for purchasing Iranian oil, ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned against US strikes on Iran, after Trump's vowed to hold Tehran responsible for Houthi attacks.

President Trump has warned the Houthis – and their backers in Iran – of possible escalation if attacks on Red Sea shipping ...

Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that ...