A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country’s first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan ...

In the aftermath of not singing the Iranian national anthem before a soccer match in Australia, Australian police assisted in ...

Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a ...

Many see the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as the main barrier to regime change, or any change at all, in Iran.

With their pervasive military, political and economic clout, the Guards are often considered the main impediment to regime ...

Protesters have been banned from using instruments or banging objects to make noise at an upcoming march to the Iranian Embassy, police have said. Conditions have been posed on Saturday's ...

U.S. and Iranian negotiators sat down for high-stakes talks Tuesday in Geneva, with President Trump's threat to launch a new attack on the Islamic Republic if a deal on its nuclear program can't be ...

After Iran violently suppressed protests in 2009, President Obama sought to trade U.S. silence for nuclear negotiations. Now Tehran is hoping President Trump will make the same mistake. That was the ...

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Negotiations between the United States and Iran advanced Tuesday toward what Tehran described as the beginning of a potential framework, but sharp public divisions between the two sides underscored ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his delegation had reached a "general agreement" with the U.S. on its nuclear programme, saying the path had been laid to reach a deal that would avoid the ...

Editor's note: The United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran early Saturday, Feb. 28. For current coverage click here. For background context, the story below was published on Feb. 17, 2026.