Iran

Iran's famed singer Googoosh recalls family, exile and life in the spotlight - For Googoosh, Iran's most-famous singer, life always has been balancing act of one kind or another. It began as a child, performing with her acrobat father who balanced her on a chair atop another chair resting only on his chin. Then late
U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List - The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.
Iran seizes Eswatini-flagged vessel for smuggling fuel - Iran seized an Eswatini-flagged ship carrying 350,000 liters of smuggled fuel off Bushehr, detaining its 13 crew amid ongoing efforts to curb fuel smuggling. Iran seized on Sunday an Eswatini-flagged vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggl
Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans - Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.
In brief glimpses of Tehran, an AP journalist sees a changing and challenged Iran - As you enter Iran’s capital, it starts with only occasional glimpses — a passenger in a car speeding by or a pedestrian trying to leapfrog through Tehran’s notorious traffic. More and more, Iranian women choose to forgo the country’s manda
Ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards Kurdistan region of Iraq - The Islamic Republic has denied that it launched an attack. Ballistic missiles from Iran were launched towards the Kurdistan region of Iraq.