The struggle for succession after Ayatollah Khamenei leaves the political scene.

Anthony Cordesman discusses rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program with H. Andrew Schwartz.

The winner of this year’s presidential election will face major policy decisions on a wide range of issues. One of them is how to craft a foreign policy strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, two countries beset by development, governance, and security challenges as well as a tense relationship with each other.

This video gives a brief explanation of what to expect in a post-election Yemen, particularly for U.S. policy.

Monday is election day in the Libyan city of Misrata. This is the city's first vote since the fall of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Misrata residents are electing a 28-member local council.

A suicide bomber bomber detonated a car rigged with explosives at the main entrance of the police academy in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 15 people.

Myanmar authorities eradicate poppy fields at a swift pace, but find it difficult to provide alternatives for the farmers.

Activists said Syrian regime forces pounded the flashpoint central city of Homs for the 15th straight day.

Iranian state television shows a nine-person crew being rescued from a burning ship in Iranian waters.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says if talks resume with Iran about its nuclear program, the effort must be sustained.

Oil sales to Britain and France are stopped, sending gas prices up.

Protests were held in many locations across Syria on Friday, including in the central Damascus district of Mazzeh. But the opposition remains divided.

U.N. nuclear watchdogs arrive in Iran, where they will try to ascertain the nature of the country's nuclear program.

Naftali Bennett, former chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu weighs in on Iran.