Before Monday was out, several merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires, the U.S. said it had destroyed six small Iranian military boats, and an oil port in the Uni

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The fragile truce in the Middle East was in jeopardy on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran launched new attacks as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The U.

President Donald Trump is pushing the limits of a fragile ceasefire with Iran as he orders U.S. forces to "guide" vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, some Republicans in Congress are weighing a vote to restrain Trump's war powers.

The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the United States and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump's new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump announced that he's ordered U.S. personnel to safely guide ships from countries that are not involved with the Iran war out of Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S.' bid to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, dubbed "Project Freedom," was nicknamed "Project Deadlock" by Iran.

The United States on Monday kicked off an effort to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, as it tries to counter

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz would “be categorically dealt with,” on the second day of the U.S. operation to guide commercial vessels across the crucial waterway.