A haunting Cold War map reveals a bleak outlook for the US in the aftermath of a nuclear confrontation, with forecasts indicating that up to 75% of residents in the most affected regions could perish.

Transnational conflict in the Middle East is fuelled by both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ trade. Mapping these cross-border dynamics ...

Trump appears focused on remaking the federal government in his own image. Some of his choices could face difficult confirmation battles.

As Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon continue without pause, the region’s long-fought shadow wars are gaining form.

Iran-U.S. enmity has been interrupted for only brief periods, one of which came via the 2015 nuclear deal that imposed limits ...

Israel is conducting simultaneous military operations in both Gaza and Lebanon, which are subject to heavy bombardments.

Iranian authorities say a former journalist with the Voice of America’s Farsi service jumped to his death from a building in ...

With Iraq considering lowering the marriage age for girls to nine, Newsweek looks at marriage and consent laws around the ...

Security challenges across four different regions seem to represent a new and unique coordinated global campaign targeting ...

Iran's state media say authorities have executed in public a man convicted of raping dozens of women over two decades.