The scope of the work is enormous. The premise is that as recently as 1928, 12 modern nations - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...

Amid rising regional tensions, the Trump administration targets Iran-linked defence firms and a Houthi oil smuggling network with new sanctions aimed at curbing missile proliferation and illicit ...

On Shattered Lands, his book about the five partitions of the Indian Empire and the many forgotten stories attached to them ...

Iran eyes EU talks as Trump weighs strike, Houthis threaten more attacks, Russia hits Ukraine, and China faces US-led drills ...

The United States issued new Iran-related sanctions on Friday (June 20, 2025), taking aim at the procurement of machinery for ...

NOTE: The following text is an abridged translation of a Persian-language statement regarding Israel’s unprovoked attack on ...

Tehran’s most powerful regional ally — has chosen to stay on the sidelines. The Lebanon-based group, weakened by last year’s ...

The World Bank has approved two large investments to create jobs, boost economic growth, and improve access to clean energy ...

In 2018, Trump announced the US withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a nuclear deal signed between Iran and a group of countries led by the US in 2015. The group also consisted ...

The U.S. is shifting military aircraft and warships into and around the Middle East to protect Israel from Iranian attacks as ...

Israel and Iran have been tied in a peculiar relationship that transformed from an effective friendship to a rivalry that ...