The Maritime Freedom Construct is meant to be a diplomatic and military push to work with allied countries and shipping companies to help reopen the vital waterway.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised his soldiers who blew themselves up rather than be captured while fighting for Moscow in Ukraine.

Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei remained defiant on Thursday as he vowed to protect the Islamic republic's nuclear and missile capabilities — warning that America's only place in the Gulf was "at the bottom of its waters."

"I think we're going to come up with a solution relatively quickly," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

US Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is calling out the Pentagon for sitting on $400 million in aid to Ukraine authorized by Congress.

President Trump has instructed his aides to prepare for an extension of America's naval blockade of Iran to squeeze Tehran's already struggling economy, officials said.

Iran is continuing to load its large oil tankers despite the ongoing US naval blockade, signaling that Tehran is likely running out of storage space and may have to shut down crude production .

Vladimir Putin welcomed Tehran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, as they discussed the ongoing war in Iran and how Moscow can best provide its support, according to Russian state media.

Berlin has served as one of Ukraine's biggest providers of military aid.

Israel sent an Iron Dome air-defense system to the United Arab Emirates during the early stages of the war with Iran to protect its ally, officials have revealed.

A US Navy sailor, who was set for minesweeping duties in the Strait of Hormuz, had to be left behind after he was attacked by a monkey while ashore in Thailand, officials said.

The US is ramping up its minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, where underwater Iranian explosives have kept the oil chokepoint shut for weeks, President Trump said Thursday.