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Iran says its seizure of British ship a 'reciprocal' move

Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker was a response to Britain's role in impounding an Iranian supertanker first, senior ...

Gulf tanker incidents may raise shippers' costs, cut traffic

Seizures of oil tankers and other hostile Iranian measures in the Strait of Hormuz are already raising insurance rates for ...

Iran tanker seizure linked to earlier act by UK marines

Taken on its own, Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz may seem like a brazen act of ...

Iran's seizure of UK tanker in Gulf seen as escalation

Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker Friday and briefly detained a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying ...

Federal judge upholds a Trump alternative to 'Obamacare'

A federal judge is upholding the Trump administration's expansion of cheaper short-term health insurance plans as an ...

Yenly Herrera, Yenly Morales

US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico

The U.S. government on Friday expanded its requirement that asylum seekers wait outside the country to a part of the Texas ...

The Latest: Gulf incidents rattle shipping industry

The Latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S and Iran (all times local): 4 a.m. Energy experts say recent ...

Bernie Sanders

2020 Dems grapple with how to pay for 'Medicare for All'

Democratic presidential candidates trying to appeal to progressive voters with a call for "Medicare for All" are wrestling ...

Donald Trump

American warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz

A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald ...

New York's climate plan will drive big changes, if it works

Solar panels on every roof. Parking meters that double as car chargers. Wind turbines towering above farm fields and ocean ...

US average long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 3.81%

U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week after three weeks of holding steady, tipped higher by expectations that the ...

Will a summer job burn your financial aid for college?

Roughly one-third of teenagers have summer jobs, according to the Pew Research Center. Some of these jobs may make you very ...

South Korean political parties back Moon in Japan trade row

Setting aside their usual bickering, South Korean liberal and conservative parties on Thursday vowed to cooperate to help the ...

Global stocks mostly slide on trade war fears

Global stock markets mostly fell on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could impose more tariffs on Chinese ...

Lee Ju-yeol

South Korea's central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row

South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to shore up growth threatened ...

Asian stocks follow Wall Street lower on trade war fears

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday after President Donald Trump reignited trade fears by saying he could ...

Asylum ban may further strain immigrant detention facilities

A new policy to deny asylum to anyone who shows up on the Mexican border after traveling through another country threatens ...

Javad Zarif

US sets tight travel limitations for Iran's UN diplomats

The U.S. is tightly limiting travel by Iranian officials visiting or assigned to the United Nations, sparking concern from ...

Fed survey finds widespread concerns over trade

The Federal Reserve's latest nationwide survey released Wednesday reveals that despite growing worries about the impact of ...

Trump's new asylum rules go into effect, and opponents sue

Hundreds of immigrants showed up at border crossings Tuesday in hopes of getting into the U.S. but faced the likelihood of ...