How the war in Iran is going, and what the ultimate goal is, depends on the day, the hour and which administration official is speaking at that moment

Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz after U.S.-Israeli strikes, slashing oil and gas shipments and raising fears of a global energy shock

Meanwhile, Iran says it has launched missile attacks on Israel jointly with Hezbollah, after Israel earlier carried out strikes on Tehran.

Kharg Island, where President Trump said Friday the U.S. executed a major bombing raid, is small but important: Iran exports 90% of its crude oil through facilities on the island. The 5-mile stretch of land is located in the Persian Gulf,

Gas prices are up in all 50 states and the District of Columbia since February 28, when the U.S. and Israel launched their first joint strikes on Iran which started the conflict now disrupting the global oil market.

Following U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the Middle East faces a widening war. This collection tracks the resulting leadership crisis in Tehran, mounting military and civilian casualties,

Burning scraps of plastic and cardboard in a large tin can outside his family's tent in a southern Gaza graveyard, Raed Abu Ouda prepares a meal for his children, remembering a time when they didn't have to live this way.