US President Donald Trump said he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. Follow for live news updates.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people Saturday, in the deadliest attacks since a truce between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect on June 20. Lebanon's Health Ministry and state news agency said an airstrike that targeted a home on the edge of the village of Ansar killed seven people,

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning. No casualties or damage were immediately reported.

French, German and British diplomats are working on a format for future negotiations — even if Russia has shown little interest.

Driven by droughts, deadly earthquakes and the deportation of Afghans from neighbouring states, Afghanistan’s humanitarian needs have reached a record ​level, aid officials warn.

In the weeks before a rush of more than 70,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, border workers warned Spain's central government that more people, spurred on by social media, were arriving by sea,

Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi was sentenced to seven months in prison by the Islamic Republic after posting a video appealing to Trump to support protesters.

Police say 18 children are among the nearly 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. They said Saturday that rescuers have recovered more bodies