The UK is taking threats of foreign interference elections expected later this year "very seriously", the defence minister said Sunday, after a warning from a counter-terrorism official.

Pakistan said Wednesday that Iran carried out an air strike on its territory that killed two children, after Tehran launched attacks in Iraq and Syria against what it called "anti-Iranian terrorist groups".

The United States has charged an Iranian and a Chinese national with allegedly supplying microelectronics to Iran for use in the drone program of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi makes his first official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, hoping to paper over past differences and forge a forceful joint response to Israel's actions in Gaza.

It is the second time in roughly two weeks that the United States has targeted a location in Syria it said was tied to Iran, which supports an array of groups that Washington blames for a spike in attacks on its forces in the Middle East.

Veteran rights activist Mohammadi, 51, currently held in Tehran's Evin prison, was awarded the Nobel prize in October "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran".

Repeated attacks on American troops in the Middle East risk drawing the United States into a conflict with Iran even as Washington strives to prevent fighting between Israel and Hamas from spiraling into a regional war.

American and allied forces deployed in Iraq and Syria as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition have been repeatedly targeted by drone and missile attacks this month.

Armenia and Azerbaijan joined talks Monday in Tehran seeking to ease tensions between the arch foes, which soared with Baku's lightning offensive to retake the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The United States accused Iran on Monday of "actively facilitating" attacks on US bases in the Middle East as it confirmed it had sent a small number of military advisors to Israel.

The United States has also been highlighting Russia's withdrawal from a UN-backed deal to allow grain exports from Ukraine to emerging markets.

The objective was to bolster Iran's defenses against Israel in Syria and to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed sources.

Iran has carried out its first execution against protesters, hanging to death Mohsen Shekari on Dec. 8.

Christian Pulisic took to social media while on his hospital bed to let everyone know he’d be ready to go for Team USA’s Round of 16 match on Saturday against the Netherlands.

The World Cup has been filled with expected controversy and protests due to Qatar’s history of human rights violations. Here are a few ways in which fans and teams are taking stands in their own way at Qatar’s World Cup.

Iran’s national soccer team reportedly faces retribution after losing against the USA in the FIFA World Cup.

The United States men's national soccer team, in a must win situation advance to the knockout rounds of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Iranian government reportedly threatened its players’ families ahead of Iran's match against the United States.

Iran has called on Fifa to kick out the United States from the World Cup 2022 after its Allah emblem was taken out of its flag and posted on social media recently but temporarily.

Iran's football players refused to sing their country’s national anthem before the team's opening match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

A Spanish trekker traveling to Qatar for the World Cup was confirmed on Wednesday to have been arrested by the Iranian government for allegedly visiting the grave of Mahsa Amini.

A man died several months after he took his first wash in 60 years.

Shakhtar Donetsk CEO requested FIFA to ban Iran and allow Ukraine to participate in the 2022 FIFA World Cup following President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement saying Iranian drones were shot down in Ukraine.

A Spanish man who planned to trek from Spain to Qatar in order to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup has been missing for three weeks after entering Iran on Oct. 2.

Find out the net worth of controversial Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi, who is allegedly under house arrest after she competed without a hijab during a tournament in Seoul.

As the Iranian protests over the overbearing laws over women's rights continue, a teacher's union in the country has announced a strike over the deaths of many teen protesters in the hands of government forces.

Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi apologized on Tuesday for competing without a headscarf, which was taken by many to be a protest against Iran's repressive hijab laws. 

As protests in Iran, primarily led by young women, continue to intensify, the Iranian government has refused to cede ground towards talks of potential reforms in its systems.

As protests in Iran over Mahsi Amini's death under the custody of the country's "morality police" continues, a teenager protester's body goes missing.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran blamed the recent protests to Western and Israel's influence, as police forces attacked a protest happening at a university in Tehran on Sunday.