GENEVA — Social networking site Facebook has won control of a Web address using its name and the country suffix .ir for Iran. The U.N.’s

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities are using beatings, sleep deprivation and long interrogations to force confessions from those detained in the country’s postelection turmoil, an

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of people supporting a U.S. journalist imprisoned in Iran have gathered for a vigil on a bridge connecting Fargo and

Iran dominated the first day of the Takhiti Cup freestyle wrestling tournament, winning 10 of the 12 medals available, including three golds.Michael Tamillow of the

Iran’s government spokesman says the British Council, the cultural arm of the British government, suspended work in Iran because of “economic problems.”Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A high-level Iranian cleric called for the shooting of the Israeli foreign minister in a speech before worshippers.Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said

Iran is the world’s biggest executioner of juvenile offenders. While a few other countries still execute minors —- including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan and Pakistan

BELGRADE, Serbia – The office of Serbia’s president says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, a top war crimes suspect, has been arrested in Serbia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican John McCain warned Monday that a nuclear-armed Iran would threaten Israel and cautioned that withdrawing troops from Iraq would weaken the

The tone of the language suggesting that Tehran continues to stonewall the agency — the U.N. nuclear monitor — revealed a glimpse of the frustration

Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for

JERUSALEM – Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas — the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel — is prepared