In 376 AD, desperate to manage a Gothic refugee crisis while fighting Persia, Emperor Valens made a fateful decision to allow thousands of Goths into Roman territory. What seemed like a manageable ...

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks ...

With U.S.-brokered Ukraine peace talks on hold due to the war in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ...

The US spent decades building an empire of military bases throughout the Middle East. Now they’re under attack.

Rooted in the Middle East and Central Asia, Nowruz is celebrated in countries that were once part of Iranian empires: including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and the Caucasus region ...

The sands of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan reminded the US military that geography played a decisive role in conflict. The waters off Iran are doing the same.

The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape of the Balkans.

Hossein Shamkhani is sanctioned for allegedly running a shipping empire that generated billions of dollars for Iran and ...

From fire festivals to park picnics, here is everything to know about Nowruz.: from when it is happening to how to celebrate.

For more than a century, Iran has occupied a powerful place in the western imagination, characterized as a volatile region that sits atop vast oil reserves.

The complex brings together manuscripts, research facilities and interactive exhibitions, offering public access to Islamic heritage through education, technology and international collaboration.View ...