Anton Troianovski

The Secretary of State said the United States was prepared to begin those talks if Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz as part of an apparently emerging deal on the war.

President Trump is grappling with his own version of the sort of Middle East crisis that beset his predecessors, and that he promised to avoid.

Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.

PARIS — In just the past five days, the United States and Iran traded missile strikes after the downing of a US helicopter; Israel bombarded

From his post in New Delhi, Mr. Gor has become a force in U.S. foreign policy, chasing business deals and stunning diplomats by reversing a long-planned embassy building project.

The agreement, which punted many of the toughest issues to future negotiations, came after a last-minute scramble.

The agreement, which punted many of the toughest issues to future negotiations, came after a last-minute scramble.

The president has sought to recast the Iranian government as he pursues a peace deal. But there are signs that a softening on Iran in the Republican Party goes well beyond him.

Bitter foreign policy debates over Israel and Iran are fracturing the Democratic and Republican parties, creating powerful wedge issues that are

WASHINGTON -- Russia's president has said he understands why the Trump administration is "distracted" by Iran. Ukraine's president has lamented that his country is not the top U.S. priority, telling reporters, "unfortunately, we are in this queue of these wars."