Sterling edged higher against the dollar on Thursday as investors reacted to developments surrounding the Iran conflict, while also monitoring British local elections that could increase political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Foreign policy is often a choice between "bad options" and "worse options," Rep. Michael Baumgartner said Tuesday at a Davenport town hall.

JD Vance rallies in Iowa with Rep. Zach Nunn as war in Iran and trade tensions weigh on the economy ahead of November’s midterms.

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic's history. More than 60% of voters cast ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold a vision to Israelis as the country entered the war with Iran and invaded Lebanon

The war in Iran has not been popular with the American public, according to polls. We're joined now by NPR's Ron Elving. Ron, thanks for being with us. RON ELVING, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Scott. SIMON: It's too early to tell, as we say in the news ...

LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - The pound rose against the dollar on Wednesday, as investors took heart from an Axios report saying that the United States and Iran were closing in on a deal to end the war.

In front of a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a campaign rally for the May 19 presidential election in the city of Khorramabad, 230 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, May ...

Whether Iran accepts the latest US peace proposal or not, Donald Trump is intent on winding down a conflict that’s proving increasingly problematic for him. His memorandum of understanding, which Iranian leaders are expected to respond to any day now,