A political rival to Iran’s president was elected by an overwhelming majority as speaker of the Parliament on Wednesday. The new speaker, Ali Larijani, Iran’s

Last Thursday, the soldiers of the Third United States Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) placed a small American flag in front of each of the

The Internet is simply a means of communication, like the telephone, but that has not prevented attempts to demonize it — the latest being the

MENIEH, Lebanon — For two and a half days, Hussein al-Haj Obaid lay on the floor of a darkened warehouse in west Beirut, blindfolded and

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is moving forward with plans to build a new, 40-acre detention complex on the main American military base in Afghanistan, officials

A settlement needs to address a host of divisive issues, including the stalemate over Lebanon’s vacant presidency. It must restore a measure of the government’s

LONDON — After a seven-year legal battle, Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the British government was wrong to include an Iranian resistance group,

A multimedia set of picture from inside Iran’s nuclear facilities. Located in the Iranian desert, the Natanz uranium-enrichment facility has been shrouded in secrecy. Many