According to the 2026 edition of Freedom in the World, media freedom, personal expression, and due process registered the most severe deterioration over the last two decades.

Iran is a highly diverse nation. While 61% of its population are Persian, there are over 20 ethnic groups in total. Major minority groups include Azeris (16-24%), Kurds (7-10%), Lurs (2-6%), Baloch ...

A campaign unmatched in modern warfare started by taking out Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. As it targets the tentacles of the ...

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot ...

Follow NBC News for live updates on the latest about the war with Iran, where the U.S. launched bunker buster bombs, while ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created the first detailed map showing how genetic activity is controlled in individual cells of the adult ...

During the recently concluded “Two Sessions” annual legislative meetings, the National People’s Congress (NPC) passed a new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” that many scholars and ...

Global oil prices surged above $110 after Israeli strikes on Iran’s gas infrastructure. Brent crude spiked more than 5 per ...

On the second anniversary of the revolution since the fall of the Assad regime, have its earliest aims—freedom, justice, ...

“Kaiser executives say they’re not using AI to make patient care determinations, but they won’t say what technology is underpinning the online questionnaires that automatically determine whether ...

Qatar's Ras Laffan refinery was among a list of sites Iran threatened would be targets after an earlier attack on its South Pars gas field facilities.

In theory, many Christians support pacifism or non-violent resistance, but for Iranian Christians, those theories are challenged by the harsh realities of a hellish regime that targets religious ...