The U.S. is preparing for a high-risk boarding of a massive oil tanker accused of evading sanctions tied to Venezuela.

Photo: Alamy U.S. military forces are tracking an oil tanker linked to Iran and Venezuela after the vessel refused orders to stop and allow boarding, according to U.S. officials. The tanker, Bella 1, ...

Saudi Arabia Chairs UN Women’s Rights Commission  Despite its abysmal record on women’s rights, Saudi Arabia chaired the 2025 session of the UN ...

The Bella 1, an oil tanker far larger than any Coast Guard ship, has been fleeing the U.S. blockade of sanctioned vessels ...

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at how Israel is shifting its focus to Iran’s missile program as the most pressing ...

Newly unclassified documents, released after being processed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), ...

Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz carrying some 25,000 barrels of smuggled fuel, ...

Separatists in southern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of targeting their forces with airstrikes, something not ...

For nearly four decades, Egyptian-Iranian relations have existed in a gray zone. At various points, contacts between Cairo and Tehran have taken place, but they never rose to a level of “normal” ...

On 1935, Shenandoah National Park was established in northern Virginia after years of raising funds to purchase the land ...

After the change in Syria’s political leadership, Damascus and Baghdad have kept diplomatic channels open between them, although the latter has not removed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa from ...