World & Nation
Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, has been appointed president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
May 20, 2024
Movies
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was scheduled to go to Cannes for the premiere of his movie ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ when he received an 8-year prison sentence.
May 9, 2024
Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on Muwasi, a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war, killed at least 19 people and wounded 60.
Sept. 10, 2024
Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism
June 19, 2024
Thousands of people were wounded across Lebanon in what was thought to be a cyberattack causing pagers carried by Hezbollah members to explode.
Sept. 17, 2024
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least 10 Syrian nationals including a woman and her two children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says.
Aug. 17, 2024
An American woman was fatally shot while participating in a protest in the West Bank. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers were responsible.
Sept. 6, 2024
Iran will hold a runoff to replace the hard-line president killed in a helicopter crash. Some see low turnout in initial election as a protest.
June 29, 2024
An Iran court sentences imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to 15 more months, saying she spread propaganda against Islamic Republic.
Jan. 15, 2024
Pakistan has brought home the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims who died in a bus crash in Iran this week while heading to Iraq for a pilgrimage.
Aug. 23, 2024