Lawyers for the central Iowa woman accused in the murder of a realtor 15 years ago appeared in court today and asked for her bail to be reduced from $2 million. Fifty-three-year-old Kristin Ramsey of ...

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Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary in the U.S-Israel war with Iran. It played this role before, during a high-stakes moment in diplomatic history. Pakistan is at the center of a major ...

As war convulses the Middle East, Ukraine, as well as parts of Asia and Africa, epidemiologist and violence disruptor Gary Slutkin says perpetual cycles of violence are not inevitable. Here & Now's ...

Early polling days after the U.S. and Israel jointly struck Iran on Feb. 28 showed disapproval among most Americans, amid a lack of a clear rationale and uncertainty over how long the conflict would ...

President Trump suggested late Wednesday he's avoiding describing the military conflict with Iran as a "war" because of concerns around the fact that Congress hasn't authorized military force. "I ...

A Brussels court this month ordered Étienne Davignon, a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat, to stand trial for war crimes related to the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first ...

Iran offered a counterproposal Wednesday to end the war in the region after rejecting a ceasefire plan backed by the Trump administration. Leaders in Tehran are asking for sovereignty over the Strait ...

It begins with a scratchy burst of static, followed by a man’s voice cutting through the air. “Tavajoh! Tavajoh! Tavajoh!” he commands in Persian. Attention. Then, slowly and rhythmically, he recites ...

The Iran war started as a test of military capabilities and stockpiles, and the United States and Israel had the clear advantage. The U.S. brought some 20 ships and submarines to the fight—including ...

“Tavajoh! Tavajoh! Tavajoh!” a man’s voice announces, before going on to narrate a string of numbers in no apparent order, slowly and rhythmically. After nearly two hours, the calls of “Attention!” in ...