Manichaean dualism, an ancient belief in the eternal struggle between good and evil, shapes many modern populist narratives.

Charismatic 'prophets' have long compared Trump to Bible characters to justify their support for the former president. But ...

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides ... told that the Spartans are busy taking part in a religious festival and cannot be bothered to help the Athenians in their desperate battle against the ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

“The Iranian period is finished, I think,” Rifi told me. “In Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen.” ...

Zoroastrianism was the dominant state religion of the Persian Sasanian Empire (224-656 AD). After the conquest of the Sasanian Empire by the Arabs in the mid-seventh century AD, Islam was imposed.

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...

A Russian rocket has blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected ...

The US Justice Department (DOJ) has charged an Iran-based man over a plot to kill president-elect Donald Trump, allegedly sanctioned by the Islamic Republic's military and intelligence agency.