Iran's state media say an Italian journalist has been arrested on charges of violating the Islamic Republic's laws

By The Associated Press Ukraine’s foreign minister met with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday, days after Kyiv announced the delivery of a large shipment of wheat flour to the country following the ouster of Bashar Assad, Russia’s ally. Syria is gradually shifting away from Iran and Russia and rekindling ties […]

Tensions between Iran and the United States are likely to be one of the first major foreign policy challenges for the incoming Trump administration. Tehrans recent moves have brought Iran closer to developing a nuclear weapon than any point in the countrys history, and the risk of war between Israel and Iran with direct...

Jimmy Carter, who rose from Georgia farmland to become the 39th president of the United States on a promise of national healing after the wounds of Watergate and Vietnam, then lost the White House in a cauldron of economic turmoil at home and crisis in Iran, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100.

The narrative of Jimmy Carter being overwhelmed by inflation and Iran's ayatollah fails to account for his many achievements. But he was no saint.

Former President Carter's post-presidential life lasted decades, putting his career in the White House in a deep rearview mirror in many ways. Carter died Sunday, according to the Carter Center. It was a memorable four-year term, and one that has some parallels to today's battles over inflation, and how to deal with an unstable Iran...

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, have humiliated the anti-Israel government in Iran, while the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the return of Trump are stirring uncertainty in the region.

Following Hamas' terror attack on Israel in October 2023, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, have humiliated the anti-Israel government in Iran, while the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the return of Trump are stirring uncertainty in the region. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.

Israel must strike Iran now, hitting high-value targets within the Islamic Republic, in order to provide the second Trump administration with leverage over the New Eurasian Axis and to end the radical clerics' rule.

Iranian media say a suicide bomber killed a local police officer and wounded another in a southern Iranian port city, home to a large Sunni Muslim community

Houthi rebels in Yemen say an airstrike hit the capital Sana'a after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked Israel. Both sides have increased fighting in recent days. Meanwhile, a new front has opened up in the war in Gaza a battle of the elements. Holly Williams reports.

Israel has severely weakened Hamas and Hezbollah. Now it's going after another member of Iran's so-called axis of resistance: the Houthi rebels of Yemen.

Italian journalist and podcaster Cecilia Sala has been arrested in Iran and jailed in Tehrans Evin prison for political prisoners, the Italian government announced on Friday. “Italy is working tirelessly to free her, pursuing every option,” Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto wrote on X, describing Sala’s arrest as “unacceptable.” Sala, who is 29 and works [...

Italy's foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police

Italy's Foreign Ministry says it's trying to "clarify the legal situation of Cecilia Sala" more than a week after she was detained while reporting in Iran.