When is the first day of spring? So long, winter! The first day of spring is almost upon us, and we’re counting down the days ...

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The ceasefire in Gaza represents a "great victory" for the Palestinian resistance, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday, warning against any possible breach by ...

Most ancient ... is a majestic Persian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) that local tales assert to be over 4,500 years old—a living testament to the passage of millennia. Japan boasts the Great ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...

This unique white olive tree is part of the broader family of olives, known to the scientific world as ”olea Europea,” which means “European olive.” Southern Italy is not the only place where this ...

Israeli security officials have warned that a change in the regional strategic situation could push Iran to take "extreme" steps against Israel in the near-future. IDF Chief of Staff Herzli Halevi ...

The raid was aimed at an underground precision-guided missile facility, codenamed “Deep Layer,” managed by Iran in Syrian territory. The facility was used for the production of weapons for the ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Iran since Dec. 19 on charges of breaching Islamic law, her plight sparking outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity involving Rome ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. One of the many complex foreign policy problems that Donald Trump will inherit ...

At the same time, Israeli warplanes, navy missile ships and drones launched a major wave of strikes at the target – an Iranian missile manufacturing site cut into a large mountain. As the elite ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran executed over 1,000 prisoners in 86 prisons across the country in 2024, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The report says the ...