In contemporary South Asian crises, velocity matters more than military power. Velocity means how fast responsibility is assigned, actions are authorized, ...

The Sri Lankan government took custody of the Bushehr after the U.S. sank an Iranian warship, the IRIS Dena, off Sri Lanka’s ...

The U.S. State Department closed embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and is urging Americans to evacuate from 14 ...

Donald Trump has ruled out sending Kurds into Iran. Speaking on board Air Force One following the funeral of the six US ...

U.S.-Israeli strikes and Iranian retaliation continue amid new uncertainty with the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...

Follow NBC News' live coverage as the U.S. and Israel attack Iran, Tehran hits back across the Gulf, and Hezbollah strikes from Lebanon, while Iran chooses a new supreme leader after the killing of ...

Smart people take seriously any near-nuclear regime that calls the U.S. “The Great Satan,” and turns out crowds chanting, ...

Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor. He had long been considered a contender, even before an Israeli strike ...

Israel's military said it had begun a "broad wave of strikes" in Tehran on Wednesday morning. U.S. officials touted early ...

Iran is launching more missiles at Israel and U.S. bases as war in the Middle East enters a sixth day. Israel announced ...

Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader, and now the younger Khamenei will have the ...

Missile barrages hit Israel and US-linked facilities across the Gulf as coordinated airstrikes inside Iran continue and regional fronts widen. By late afternoon Saturday, Feb. 28, ...