The United States is now at war with Iran, and nobody knows when or how it will end. Officially, the Trump administration is reluctant to admit this is a war, preferring to use words like “operation” instead. But if we understand…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s usually crowded markets, beaches and waterfront promenades are unusually quiet during what is typically the city’s busy tourism season.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said the Strait of Hormuz is open and that the strategic route is only closed to the US and Israeli vessels.

The influential German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas has died at the age of 96, his publisher has said.
Habermas, a towering figure in the intellectual history of postwar Germany, is best known for his theory of political…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise…