...and below I reproduce four letters written by five of Mahmoud Abu Rideh's six children, which should convince all but those with hearts made of stone that the government's anti-terror policies have been nothing but a grave and profoundly disturbing,,,

Mahmoud Abu Rideh secured an important personal victory today, but everyone who believes that no one should be imprisoned or otherwise deprived of their liberty on the basis of secret evidence - and, essentially, on the whim of government ministers who...

Best Plans thwarted: It was all part of President Obama's attempt to present a softer side in the service of one of his chief foreign policy goals: dissuading Iran from building nuclear weapons

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For two decades, Khamenei's word has been law in Iran, where the supreme leader is considered God's representative on Earth. Today he is reviled, not revered, by thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi,

US President Barack Obama has decided to reinstate a US ambassador to Syria after an absence of more than four years.

But, can't US keep away from matters of other countries? When will US learn to behave like the Big Brother & stop being the Big Bother??

New kinds of social media are challenging those traditional levers of state media control and allowing Iranians to find novel ways around the restrictions.

More than 100 Romanians fled their homes Tuesday night in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following what politicians called "racist attacks and intimidation."

Iran's government sought today to decapitate the opposition movement by rounding up ­hundreds of activists, journalists and intellectuals. A total of 500 were reported to have been detained across the country, including well-known political figures...