America warns ships against paying Iran for safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been charging fees for detours. The US has also ...

Negotiations around a possible Iran–US ceasefire have shifted focus towards a Gulf state near the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions over ...

Ukraine and Russia completed a prisoner exchange on Saturday, bringing home 175 servicemen and seven civilians each. This swap occurred as ...

Iran-US news: Iran reports the United States has agreed to release frozen Iranian funds held in Qatar. This move is seen as a sign of serio...

Joe Biden’s administration is in high-stakes negotiations with the Taliban, proposing the release of a senior al-Qaeda operative and close ...

The United States and Russia executed their major prisoner swap since the Soviet era, releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, a...

On June 25, CIA officers and Russian spies met to discuss a large-scale prisoner exchange, resulting in the release of Americans Evan Gersh...

The United States and Russia completed their largest post-Soviet prisoner swap on Thursday, resulting in the release of journalist Evan Ger...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan were released by Russia in the largest prisoner swap in post-So...

A Qatar-initiated rescue effort post-Hamas attack led to a delicate diplomatic dance involving the White House. President Biden's direct in...

US President Joe Biden's $6 billion prisoner-swap deal with Iran is being scrutinized following the recent attack by Hamas on Israel. Some ...

Iran and the US are set to exchange five detainees each following mediation by Qatar. The deal also includes the unfreezing of $6 billion o...

A US return to the deal would be the biggest and most controversial foreign policy initiative in the early months of Joe Biden's presidency...

But any movement between the two countries is particularly sensitive as the Biden administration looks to restart nuclear talks. A 2015 ato...

When asked for a second time whether the Taliban is a terrorist group, he replied, "I don't think that the Taliban, - the Taliban is an arm...

It called the Islamic State as a "terrorist" group, drawing a controversial distinction between the two outfits.

ISIL or IS is an al-Qaeda splinter group and it has seized hundreds of square miles in Iraq and Syria, declaring an Islamic Caliphate.