Lake Urmia, once the world's second-largest saltwater lake, has shrunk drastically, leaving salt-encrusted marshes and barren flats in its southern region. Its decline reflects deeper challenges ...

The United States has struck a crippling, but not fatal blow at Iran’s nuclear weapons aspirations. Similarly, Israel’s methodical strikes on research labs, explosives test sites, reactors, and ...

But there's been no move to change that calculus, as Iranians themselves remain fearful of war resuming. Each fire or ...