Elnaz Rekabi gained global attention in October 2022 when she took part in championships in South Korea without wearing the headscarf required for women in the Islamic republic. She returned home ...

Amira El-Fekki is a Newsweek reporter based in Dubai. Her focus is reporting on politics and society in the Middle East. She has in depth knowledge of Arab communities and has covered human rights ...

China, Iran and Russia have conducted joint naval drills in the Middle East TEHRAN, Iran -- China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force ...

March 11 (Reuters) - President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not negotiate with the U.S. while being threatened, telling President Donald Trump to "do whatever the hell you want", Iranian ...

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Masih Alinejad, 48, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist gives an interview Press in Berlin ...

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Seth Jones from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Photo: Ritchie B Tongo/Shutterstock/Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg News President ...

President Trump said he is “not at all” worried that Russia, China and Iran are doing joint military exercises because the U.S. military he "rebuilt" is "stronger than all of them." ...

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity in a renewed effort to choke off Iran's profits. National security advisor Mike Waltz told ...

US President Donald Trump said that he has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about renegotiating a nuclear deal. “I’ve written them a letter, saying I hope you’re going to negotiate, ...

Warships from Iran, China and Russia kicked off their annual joint exercises in the Gulf of Oman on Monday, showing off their military ties as US President Donald Trump upends longstanding Western ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. Chinese naval ...