The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...

Iran finds itself at one of its weakest moments since its 1979 Islamic Revolution even as the wider Middle East broadly welcomes a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Ukraine could receive a newly developed land-based ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sent a letter to staff expressing gratitude after Avinatan Or, an Israeli employee, was released from Hamas captivity following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. U.S. Treasury ...