The United States launched new airstrikes hitting Iran early Thursday, sparking retaliatory Iranian fire targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal aimed at finding a way to end the war gripping the Persian Gulf.

The latest U.S. strikes came after Iran targeted unarmed commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, with President Trump saying he is “not sure” he wants to make a deal with the Iranians. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.

The U.S. military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump says the ceasefire deal is "over" and announces another wave of U.S. airstrikes on Iran. The U.S. military says these attacks are a direct response to Iranian attacks on the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump ⁠said on Tuesday that he ​had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin and ‌Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ‌and he hoped the war ⁠in ⁠Ukraine would soon be settled.

U.S. President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit Wednesday in Turkey that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems to counter missile attacks from Russia in their more than four-year war,

U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will give a license for its Patriot air defense systems to be made overseas for Ukraine to counter Russian missile attacks, a huge coup for Ukraine, which

US President Donald Trump said he will allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors, a key weapon in repelling Russian attacks.

She must wear ankle monitor, court says. In Britain, embattled Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set to speak on his political future.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political future is on the line as a Paris appeals court rules on her eligibility for the next presidential election

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor after a conviction for embezzlement.

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right leader, said Wednesday that she plans to run for president again after having her sentence reduced Tuesday.

U.S. ⁠President Donald ​Trump said ‌on Wednesday ‌he ⁠had ordered ⁠his Treasury Secretary Scott ​Bessent to ​cut off all ⁠trade ⁠with Spain, ⁠calling Madrid ​a "terrible partner" in ​NATO. Trump ⁠was speaking ⁠alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ⁠ahead of an alliance summit in Ankara.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, a former professional basketball player, is generally well liked by his fellow leaders, but some NATO allies have cooled on the idea of holding a

U.S. President Trump reiterated on Wednesday his desire to impose a trade embargo on Spain, ordering Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "cut off all trade… including visits" with the country, amid tensions over defence spending.

U.S. President Donald Trump ended his time at the NATO summit in Turkey with a press conference Wednesday in which he called it "a great meeting."

Russian drones and missiles killed four people across Ukraine on Wednesday in attacks before dawn and at midday, as Moscow kept up its pressure on the capital of Kyiv in the latest phase of the over 4-year-old war.

Russian motorists queue for miles in the hope of buying petrol.

Officials say Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine have killed three people, including one in Kyiv, in a second consecutive night of strikes on the capital. President Volodymyr

All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv’s need for more Patriot interceptor missiles — a point Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will likely reiterate at a NATO summit in Ankara,

I have the honour to say that His Majesty the King has accepted our advice to grant Ruth Ellis a conditional pardon, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. “While the pardon does not claim she was innocent of killing David Blakely,

Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, will receive a conditional pardon in recognition of a "profound injustice", Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced in parliament Wednesday, after a decades-long campaign by her family.

A Welsh glamour model who remains the last woman to ever be executed in the UK is set to receive a conditional pardon despite the fact she admitted murdering her lover more than 70 years ago. Ruth Ellis was sentenced to death and hanged in 1955 after being convicted of killing David Blakely.

The family of the last woman to be hanged in Britain said ‘justice has finally been done’ after it was announced she will be given a posthumous conditional pardon. Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis went to the gallows in July 1955,