A Nepalese man who was bitten by a cobra snake bit it back and killed the reptile in a tit-for-tat attack, it has been reported.

We all know who’s in the lead on the medal tables, but what would happen if you looked at them by population size, or GDP,

“When defending a case, you think of them as your family. Its like your own child is burning in the fire created by the authorities,

…for many Iranians, this prehistoric Persian event goes far beyond being just a cultural celebration. Especially for the young, it provides an opportunity to vent

Tehran city council has named a street after an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip

There’s a story that the new CIA director, David Petraeus, likes to tell which harks back to his days as a four-star general in Iraq.

Military’s ‘sock puppet’ software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda Gen David Petraeus has previously said US online psychological operations are aimed at

Campaigners against US drone strikes in Pakistan are calling for the CIA’s former legal chief to be arrested and charged with murder for approving attacks

‘Nino’ Tahvili Head of a Persian organised crime network in Canada linked to assorted Triads and other global criminal groups. Arrested on charges of torturing

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia urged Iran’s foreign minister to “spare us your evil” in a meeting that reflected profound Arab hostility to the Islamic

George Bush ordered the Pentagon to plan an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and considered a covert attack on Syria, the former president reveals in

Hi-tech JLens blimps with secret technology used to detect cruise missiles may have dropped into Tehran’s lap   An American military balloon like the JLens

It must be one of the more unusual appointments in the world of international sport. Putting aside long-standing political disagreements, Iran has pocketed a respected

On 8 August it was reported  that seven Iranian citizens – Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Vahid Tizfahm and Mahvash

A United Nations panel of human rights experts has accused Israel of war crimes through willful killing, unnecessary brutality and torture in its “clearly unlawful”

The rhetoric of his Cairo speech has soured: the president can only move the debate on with a sea-change in US attitudes A year ago

Israel could ignite a third intifada if it continues to push its 1.2 million Arab citizens into a corner, claims Haneen Zoabi, the Arab member

Opposition activists are planning fresh protests today to coincide with the government-back Quds day ceremony. Can the opposition regain momentum since the violent suppression of

Mr Netanyahu must be thanking Allah for the Iranian president’s timely intervention, as he prepares for his first visit to Washington. But Mr Obama’s effort

Ahmadinejad had hoped a victory would bring him political capital before the presidential poll in June. The desire to score a propaganda coup even prompted

We ask that Iran respect its own rule of law as well as the international treaties to which it is a party (such as the

The Guardian has compiled detailed evidence of alleged war crimes committed by Israel during the 23-day offensive against Gaza earlier this year, involving the use

The prime minister will say: “Iran is a test case for this new philosophy of the right to civil nuclear power with sanctions for rule

It came when the unsuspecting presenter, Dariush Farziayi, asked the name of the toy animal his young caller had been given as a reward for