From Kazakhstan's vast steppes to Eritrea's Red Sea coast, these aren't your typical geography quiz countries—they're the ...

Mojtaba Ghahramani, a provincial chief of the justice department, said the oil tanker was carrying 25,000 barrels of smuggled ...

Oman’s Duqm port cannot replace India’s dependence on Iran’s Chabahar. But it can help challenge Pakistan in the Indian Ocean ...

Iran isn’t powerful because it’s rich — it’s powerful because it’s strategic. This video breaks down how geography, proxy ...

Nowhere is this more evident than in the treatment of the Eastern Mediterranean, a region whose dynamics are increasingly misread when folded uncritically into the broader MENA frame. The distinction ...

Hormuz Island lies in the Strait of Hormuz, where the Persian Gulf meets the Gulf of Oman, about 670 miles south of Iran’s ...

Rainfall this week on Iran's Hormuz Island has briefly transformed the coastline of the famed Red Beach into a striking ...

Many of the world’s best-known countries did not always carry the names we use today. Over the last century, political shifts ...

Iran is suffering from a severe drought that has depleted water sources, pushing authorities to begin cloud-seeding, or spraying chemicals into the air to facilitate rain. Those efforts, which began ...

Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Imamzadeh Saleh Shrine in Tajrish, Tehran, on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from a severe water crisis. Authorities in Tehran warned last ...

Iran is set to turn off the water in several regions, including Tehran — as the country falls into the grips of its worst drought in decades. The Islamic Republic announced it would be shutting off ...

What if Iran attacked everyone and created a new Persian Empire? This video explores the hypothetical scenario and potential outcomes. Top Gear host Quentin Willson dies aged 68 How performative poppy ...