Former shooting editor Jim Carmichel travels to Iran to hunt ibex. The mountains where they live are steep, treacherous, and ...

US President Joe Biden was recently presented with plans for a potential attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported Thursday. According to the report, the plans ...

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Italy has summoned Iran’s ambassador to demand the immediate release of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran. Cecilia Sala, a reporter for the Il Foglio daily newspaper, was detained in ...

The fall of more than 60 years of Ba’ath Party rule in Syria — 50 of those years under the Assad family, father and son — is a watershed moment for the Middle East. Even so, many of Assad ...

For two decades, hawkish voices in Washington have called for the United States to attack Iran’s nuclear program. And for two decades their calls have been rejected. That is because for most of that ...

President Biden confers with his national security advisor Jake Sullivan during a roundtable in Oct. 2023. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Smarter, faster on what matters.

From Donald Trump's big election victory, to Vladimir Putin unveiling new Russia map with Ukrainian territories and Oreshnik missile threat, 2024 was a rollercoaster of emotions. There were 7 ...

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