With careful planning, a transition commission has the potential to inspire confidence and contribute to a more democratic ...

In an exclusive interview with Lester Holt in Tehran, Iran's president shares his message for President-Elect Trump ahead of ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

On this week's episode of Close Up, we look at Jimmy Carter's impact across the globe — and here in Iowa.

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the nation has become a battleground for competing hegemons. The United ...

In 2024, global political landscapes saw dramatic changes ... and reformist wins in Iran, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Taiwan, South Africa, and Indonesia. Key leaders elected around the world in 2024 ...

WASHINGTON — After dealing devastating blows to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is now directing its military prowess at another key force backed by Iran: the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Sala's most recent article published in Il Foglio was a political analysis examining the implications for Khamenei's regime of the dramatic fall of Iran's close ally in Syria, the dictator Bashar ...

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist for the newspaper Il Foglio, was arrested in Iran earlier in the month, Italy’s foreign ministry announced on Friday. The arrest took place on Dec. 19 but was only ...

JERUSALEM—President-elect Donald Trump’s slated revival of his maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran coupled with a chronic gas shortage in the nation could be the one ...

Iran’s foreign minister announced on Friday ... The two countries have strengthened political trust and cooperation by implementing a 25-year comprehensive cooperation plan, which has reinforced ...