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The scholar Farideh Farhi examines why this fresh round of Iranian unrest is unlike the others.

Social media giants like Facebook redefined how we use the internet. Now many major companies are seeing big changes. What does it mean for news online and what might come next?

In Egypt, religious minorities are embracing the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Attacks on Coptic Christians and Shiite Muslims escalated during his year in office. But the military, which installed the interim government, has had a checkered reputation of its own, killing and imprisoning minorities during past rule.

A new book explores the life of Justice John Marshall Harlan, who wrote the dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court case that upheld the principle of racial segregation.

More couples — including those who stayed in Russia and those who fled — are urgently marrying, for reasons both practical and deeply emotional.

President Obama is in the middle of a charm offensive on Capitol Hill, hoping to win over converts to his way of thinking on a variety of topics. This week, he's making the rounds to get closer to a plan to reduce the deficit. That plan — if it ever comes to fruition — has been dubbed "the Grand Bargain."

As protests raged across the country, President Trump accused rioters of being led by left-wing mobs. We take a look at what unfolded in the nation's capital overnight.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to prosecute corrupt officials, and said the country would control it own security within five years. Karzai's comments came in an inauguration speech that kicked off his second term of office amid a growing Taliban insurgency and a cloud of corruption allegations.

For many, the internet has become less fun and less informative. Those who study the web say there are underlying reasons for this, and the problems are expected to worsen with the rise of AI.

Federal law enforcement agents who have been clashing with protesters in Portland for weeks will begin departing the city on Thursday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said.