By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah will not abide by any agreements that may result from the direct Lebanon-Israel talks in the United States, negotiations it firmly opposes, a senior Hezbollah official said Monday. Wafiq Safa, a ...

By SAMY MAGDY, JULIA FRANKEL and MIKE CORDER Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has ...

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the stakes in his showdown with Iran after declaring the American military has blockaded all of the country's ports. Trump announced the move on Monday, a day after ceasefire talks with Iran in ...

By CHAN HO-HIM, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China is poised to benefit from the Iran war as global energy disruptions accelerate a shift away from fossil fuels and toward clean technologies and renewable power, industries that China dominates, ...

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China again this week, his fourth trip in just over three years to the world's second-largest economy as Spain seeks to strengthen its political and commercial ties with Beijing. His visit comes ...

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Last year saw the highest level of deadly violence against Jews around the world in over three decades, with 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks, according to an annual study released by Tel Aviv University on Monday. The ...