For centuries, the bones of some six million people were buried in the catacombs beneath the city. Curators are trying to preserve and modernize the tunnels while maintaining the spooky ambience.

President Trump escalated his threats ahead of his pending Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump has threatened to launch a massive attack targeting bridges, power plants and other civilian facilities by Tuesday evening.

As President Trump’s deadline for new attacks loomed, Iran conveyed its conditions through Pakistani intermediaries.

One potential off-ramp appeared when Iran offered a 10-point counterproposal for ending the war that President Trump called a significant step, if “not good enough.”

The president wants third countries to take migrants who can’t be sent back home. To get that, almost everything is up for negotiation.

Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents.

Government officials and anti-government activists alike denounced the attacks on the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, the latest Iranian center for higher education to be targeted.

During his first Easter address, Pope Leo XIV called for peace and condemned violence. The pope has been increasingly outspoken since the war in Iran began.