Amid US tension, Iran builds fake aircraft carrier to attack

Iran appears to have constructed a new mock-up of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills

Persian Gulf Tensions

Libya's Tripoli forces press gains despite Egypt truce offer

Libyan fighters allied with the country’s U.N.-supported government in Tripoli are pressing their advance, boosted by recent battlefield gains and their rivals’ withdrawal from around the capital

Iraqi military: 3 rockets target US oil company in south

Iraq's military says at least three rockets struck near the site of an American oil field service company in southern Iraq, causing no casualties

Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabia

Iranian officials say missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia

Iran vows to lead Gulf security, as US sends more troops

Iran's president says his country should lead Gulf security, as US sends more troops

Saudis show media scorched, shrapnel-blasted oil facility

Saudi Arabia has taken journalists to the site of a missile-and-drone strike on the kingdom's oil industry that shook global energy markets this week

Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites

Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed a drone attack on major Saudi oil facilities

Iran's president says 'talks are useless' in dealing with US

Iranian president takes stern tone, says 'talks are useless' in dealing with US as nuclear deal crumbles further

Concern grows over UAE-based oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Concern grows over UAE-based oil tanker that stopped transmitting its location over 2 days ago in Strait of Hormuz amid US-Iran tensions