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How Iran's Revolutionary Guard became a powerful force within the country's theocracy

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has grown into a powerful force within the country's theocracy, answering only to its supreme leader and overseeing its ballistic missile arsenal and launching attacks overseas.

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Trump eyes basing his new Board of Peace at a Washington building in legal limbo

The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace, which is tied to both the Gaza ceasefire and larger international ambitions, in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to four administration officials.

French energy giant TotalEnergies resumes Mozambique $20 billion project as insurgency slows

French energy giant TotalEnergies has resumed its $20 billion gas project in northern Mozambique

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EU lists Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organization

The European Union has listed Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc's top diplomat said in a post on X on Thursday.

11 dead in South Africa minibus and truck collision days after similar crash killed 14 children

A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said, just over a week after a similar road crash left 14 schoolchildren dead.