Iran is mulling moving its capital from Tehran to the southern region of Makran. The development comes as Tehran is facing a slew of issues including a high population density, a water crisis and a ...

Behrouz Esbati says now-ousted Syrian leader refused multiple requests to let Iran-backed militias attack from country after ...

A courageous Iranian woman snatched off a mullah’s turban to use as a headscarf after he allegedly scolded her for what she ...

Everton have entered a new era under the Friedkin Group – and they can hardly be worse in the transfer market than the last ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Yakuza leader, was said to have "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade ...

YEMEN—U.S. forces conducted multiple precision strikes against two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional ...

Weeks before Trump's inauguration, Iran is preparing for potential threats to its nuclear facilities – and for the possible domestic reaction.

From the 50th anniversary of the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festiva to Belmont World Film's Family Festival, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan rounds up the film events to check out this season.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks was freed Wednesday and returned home, after her fate had become ...

A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of ...

The United States has not submitted any formal request of extradition for an Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini detained in Milan, Italy's justice minister said in an interview published on Thursday ...

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as ...