Tehran's emergency service department says a fire in a shopping center near the Iranian capital has killed eight people and injured 40

Chinese foreign minister tells his Iranian counterpart that a ‘comprehensive ceasefire’ in the war is needed

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has appointed a new attorney general to the national prosecutor’s office, putting an end to a fierce, years-long struggle between the anti-corruption progressive and former top prosecutor Consuelo Porras

South Korea's Kospi soars nearly 7% to fresh records as Samsung Electronics stock jumps nearly 13%.

President Donald Trump says he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump have lost

White House officials are renewing calls on China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz

China’s state media says Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, in Beijing

A former FedEx driver has been sentenced to death after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift