The US fought IS with the Kurds for years. Now, Donald Trump is siding with Syria's new leader.

Iran is a multi-ethnic state — yet its leadership has failed to find an answer to recurring protests, minority grievances and deepening environmental crises.

He not only toppled a dictatorship that had ruled Syria for half a century but also, upon assuming leadership of the country, convinced Western capitals to lift or suspend most of the sanctions ...

Kurdish-run prisons hold about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and around 34,000 of their family members in camps.

Erfan Soltani, 26, faced the death penalty after being detained during mass protests in January. Iranian authorities appeared ...

The European Union must be "less naive" and "more transactional" in global climate negotiations and consider using financial and trade leverage to assert its position, the French ecology ministry said ...