The U.N. food agency says one of its staffers detained last month by Houthi rebels in Yemen has died in prison ...

Is California for sale? A lighthearted petition to buy the state of California for Denmark prompted more than 200,000 signatures by Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump's talk about ...

The Abraham Peace Accords consist of multiple agreements signed between Israel and several Arab states which encourage a ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Travel writer Rick Steves’ adventures on the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu made him think differently about the ...

Iran's rial currency plunges to record low of 850,000 to $1 after Trump's order to restart 'maximum pressure' campaign.

A hospital worker says at least 19 people are dead after the latest car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian ...

A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them ...

the Fajr Film Festival takes place every year on the anniversary of the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The 43rd Fajr Film Festival opened in the Iranian capital ...

31 (Xinhua) -- The 43rd Fajr Film Festival opened in the Iranian capital Tehran Thursday evening ... and the date will be announced soon. Being Iran's most prestigious cinematic event, the ...

Moreover, the city, generating some 30% of Iran's GDP, is perilously vulnerable to earthquakes, as it sits atop two major seismic fault lines. Tehran was established as capital by Agha Mohammad ...