After the anguish of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s almost unthinkable the US would again send troops to the Middle East – but its president is desperate and narcissistic, says foreign affairs commentator ...

E arlier this month, high in the snow-capped mountains near the border between Iran and Iraq, a Kurdish rebel led me down a ...

The accession of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in early March completed a decades-long process, solidifying the transformation of the Islamic Republic of Iran from a theocracy into a de facto military ...

Most of these showdowns are between two teams with a long, rich history of hatred.  But the individual sports (golf, tennis, boxing) have their share of incredible, repeat battles. Longevity was a ...