By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched the war in Iran. "On behalf of the Christians of the Middle East and all women and men of good ...

By SAM METZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The islands off Iran's coast have become the latest focus of the war after a U.S strike destroyed military sites last week on Kharg Island, which is vital to Iran's oil network. The strike on Friday on the island in the Persian Gulf left its ...

By FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have so far remained on the sidelines as the Iran war widens across the Middle East, raising questions about why — and when the battle-hardened group might join the fight. Iran has retaliated against the ...

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Clouds of toxic smoke unleashed into the atmosphere by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities made a dangerous return to Earth in the form of "black rain," prompting international health officials to warn of serious risks to the ...

By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East's busiest port and two others in the United Arab Emirates, openly threatening a neighboring country's non-U.S. assets ...

By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the ...