WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea, but said later he was not changing the military’s ...

President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he's instructed the Navy to "shoot down and destroy" Iranian gunboats should they harass U.S. ships. Trump's tweet came hours after multiple media ...

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A BRIEF BUT tense confrontation between five armed Iranian fast boats and three U.S. Navy warships in the sensitive Strait of Hormuz came close to precipitating a clash that could have had dire ...

There are certain things that sovereign states simply do not do without severe repercussions. Under normal circumstances, kidnapping the soldiers of a foreign power without provocation and then ...

American adversaries are unlikely to help President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela fend off a concerted attack. But they have ...