After a half-century of cold war, the U.S. has bombed targets directly in Iran for the first time. But this is not the only shift underway. The region is in flux – and could change for the better if ...

With support or silence from the Western powers, Netanyahu is under no pressure to stop the killing. How many dead civilians ...

The move will allow the US to maintain sanctions on Syria's ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, his associates, human rights abusers, drug traffickers, people linked to chemical weapons ...

No, this column is not asserting that Colin Powell, who stands as one of the worst mistakes of the Bush Republican era, has any relevance. Quite the contrary, but what I will argue here is that one of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran’s Evin ...

As the archbishop threads the needle between two leadership roles that have never been held by the same man, he has shied ...

Iraq’s top court was set to resume work Monday after nine judges who had tendered their resignations in recent weeks returned ...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order dismantling a series of sanctions on Syria, providing more relief to the ...

Nevertheless, with Iran defanged, and the benefits of ties with Israel and the U.S. looking increasingly attractive to moderate Arab countries, peace and prosperity in the Middle East appears ...

Some 935 people were killed in Iran during the 12-day air war with Israel, based on the latest forensic data, a spokesperson ...

In Karla’s Choice, Nick Harkaway takes up his father John le Carré’s most enduring creation, returning George Smiley back to ...

Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war ...