After a climb up the winding highway through pine-covered hills, arriving at this city, symbolic for so many, has always been something of an anticlimax. The main entrance, from the northwest, is often gridlocked and opens onto a messy urban vista of...

Iran’s hard-line constitutional watchdog said Wednesday that it had reinstated more than 280 candidates for parliament races next month, but reformists said many remained banned and that the move was not enough to ensure a fair election.The...

A US missile strike in Somalia, aimed at a man described by the Pentagon as a “known al-Qa’ida terrorist”, succeeded only in hurting six civilians and killing three cows and a calf, the IoS has learned. At least one Tomahawk missile...