Iranians will vote in the first round of parliamentary elections on February 21, but their choices of candidates have been narrowed by a secretive body handpicked by the country's supreme leader.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said a draft U.S. agreement with the Taliban to reduce violence in Afghanistan "looks very promising." The deal was negotiated by the U.S. special peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad. Esper spoke at the Munich Security Conference on February 15.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address when he finished speaking on January 5. Earlier, he did not respond to Pelosi's attempt to shake his hand.
President Donald Trump has repeated his pledge to bring U.S. troops "back home" from Afghanistan in his annual State of the Union address. Speaking on February 4 in Washington, Trump called the conflict in Afghanistan "America's longest war," saying that "peace talks are now under way."
President Donald Trump has said the United States can help Iran "make a very good and short-time recovery" from the "powerful sanctions" imposed by the United States. Trump spoke in his annual State of the Union address on February 4 in Washington.
The coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, has claimed hundreds of lives, sickened thousands, and continues to spread beyond China's borders. Here are a few key facts about the disease.
It's been 75 years since Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and concentration camp in Poland, but work to name more than 1 million victims is still ongoing.
Possible solutions to the conflict in Libya were sought at a Berlin summit on January 19. German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and several other international and regional leaders.
The ceramics created in a western Ukrainian town for three centuries have been designated as a piece of global heritage by UNESCO. The artisans of Kosiv say part of their unique style comes from how their pottery "cries" in the kiln.
Protests have continued in Tehran after Iranian authorities admitted they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner on January 8, killing 176 people. Protesters say video posted on social media shows police using live ammunition and tear gas. Tehran's police chief later denied his officers had opened fire. These social-media videos were vetted by AP and RFE/RL's Radio Farda, but their authenticity could not be independently verified.
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander has said there were just 10 seconds for the antiaircraft officer to decide whether to fire when a Ukrainian passenger plane was accidentally shot down on January 8. "Unfortunately, he made a bad decision," said aerospace division head Amirali Hajizadeh at a briefing in Tehran on January 11.
Eight strongmen from across Russia have competed in the city of Ufa in Russia's Bashkortostan region in the Winter Strongman Games, in which competitors must lift, carry and slide massive weights hewn from ice.
There are renewed hopes that diplomacy will replace threats of retaliation after days of tensions between Iran and the United States, but getting to a lasting agreement between the major powers and Iran looks like a tough task.
Iran launched a series of ballistic missiles at U.S. military bases in Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump said the attacks caused little damage, while Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei boasted about them and said the United States needed to get out of the region.
Smartphone footage appeared to show the moment Iranian rockets landed at a military base in Iraq housing U.S. troops on January 8. Men can be heard shouting in Arabic on the video, which the Associated Press said appeared authentic.
In Moscow, large-scale Orthodox icons rendered in spray paint decorate bridges and underpasses. They're the work of artist Aleksandr Tsypkov and fellow creators who believe that everyone, not just church-goers, should be able to see religious art.
Hundreds of people joined an annual January 1 march in Kyiv organized by the right-wing Svoboda party marking the birthday of the controversial 20th-century nationalist leader Stepan Bandera.
A new village of wooden historic replicas is being built in Nevsky Forest Park, near the Russian city of St. Petersburg. The village, called Ethnopark Bogoslovka, is centered around a reconstructed historic cathedral and will become a museum when completed.
Thousands of protesters surrounded the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on December 31 in a protest over recent U.S. air strikes that killed at least 25 members of an Iran-backed militant group, Kataib Hizbullah, in Iran and Syria. Embassy staff and the U.S. ambassador were evacuated as protesters broke down a door and burned American flags. Video shot elsewhere in Baghdad shows thousands of protesters marching to join the crowds at the embassy.
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