During the 1984 “tanker war,” Iran laid mines in the Strait of Hormuz and harassed ships in response to Iraqi attacks. Throughout both these conflicts, however, the Strait of Hormuz remained in use.

The control of waterways has long been used to thwart adversaries and shape strategic outcomes. In 1951, after Tehran nationalized its oil industry, the United Kingdom used naval pressure to prevent ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Bitcoin will be considered ‘capital’ and any cross-border transactions will need Reserve Bank permission. You could even be detained at borders and forced to hand over ‘seed phrases’ in your head.

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying. The largest expeditionary force in British history sailed into the American ...

President Donald Trump said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made "big progress" in embracing the Declaration of Independence during a meeting at the Oval Office, using the moment to spotlight ...

In Albany, New York, in 1955, someone rifling through an attic came across a bundle of documents. The importance of the documents themselves, if there was any, has been lost to the ages. But the paper ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence from July 1776 will be up for sale this spring alongside hundreds of other rare American artifacts to mark the country's 250th anniversary, Goldin auction ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

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