US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway Gulf oil exporters use to ship crude to world markets.
Britain's foreign secretary told Iran's government this week that the UK will not accept hostile activity against British Jews on British soil, warning about threats from Iranian-linked groups.
The United States and Iran held their first talks since a ceasefire between them broke down in June, after months of on-and-off fighting.
Israel shut its consulate in Jerusalem, expelled a British military attaché, and barred about a dozen British MPs after Britain imposed trade sanctions on goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank, land Israel occupies that Palestinians want for a future state.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent three hours meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, then went to Kyiv for more talks aimed at ending the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says US President Donald Trump's team will hold peace talks in both Kyiv and Moscow to try to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
China has warned of 'consequences' against Taiwan and against the small Pacific Island nations that hosted Taiwanese diplomats at the Pacific Islands Forum summit.
At least five leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, a group of small Pacific Ocean nations, are skipping this year's summit.
China has told its citizens to leave Eswatini, a small kingdom in southern Africa, citing security risks it has not explained.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday, according to two US media outlets, in what would be his first known visit to Russia since becoming America's top spy chief.
The United States is considering sanctions against a sitting judge on Brazil's Supreme Court, according to a Financial Times report picked up within the same hour by Reuters and other news outlets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government has formally sent Washington a proposal to end the war with Russia.