By JON GAMBRELL, JULIE WATSON, MIKE CORDER and NATALIE MELZER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through energy markets and ...

By SAM McNEIL and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders have demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a moratorium on strikes on water and energy infrastructure in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising energy prices caused by the ...

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered the release of 250 political prisoners as part of a deal with Washington that lifted some U.S. sanctions, the latest step in the isolated leader's effort to ...

DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Escalating attacks on key oil and gas facilities in the Persian Gulf have increased the risk of an extended bout of higher prices for everything from gasoline and electricity to computer chips and food. Iran launched strikes on key ...

By LORNE COOK and SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday lashed out at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, accusing him of hijacking critical aid for Ukraine and undermining EU decision-making in an effort to win an election at home. In a rare ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A key outlawed Pakistani militant group behind numerous gun and bomb attacks announced a three-day ceasefire early Thursday ahead of a key Muslim holiday, hours after Pakistan and Afghanistan also declared a temporary pause to escalating fighting. No exchanges of fire were ...