Babak Dehghanpisheh

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia in the eastern Flores region, the United States Geological Survey reported on Friday.

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia in the eastern Flores region, the United States Geological Survey reported on Friday, Aug. 14.

Absent supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei announced an overhaul of national security leadership that suggests a tougher approach at home and abroad.

The pope said the “sense of freedom, the sense of opportunity” are what make him love America in a discussion with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas. 

The president erupted at some of his top national security officials during a recent meeting, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the discussion.

NBC News’ Tom Llamas got a tour of the Borgo Laudato Si’ papal gardens, which will host the Concert for Peace on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, Iran — As the U.S. military restarted its bombardment of Iran, Mitra, a 32-year-old architect, got a familiar sinking feeling, while explosions rocked parts of the country that have not been targeted since spring.

Jared Genser, a lawyer who has been involved with high-profile cases of U.S. citizens detained in Iran, named the released citizen as his client, Dena Karari.

A U.S. official told NBC News the U.S. hadn’t carried out any further strikes Thursday, contradicting Iranian officials, though the military has been shooting down incoming Iranian projectiles.

U.S. and Iranian officials have been negotiating about maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil passed before the war.

Massive crowds showed up for the official start of the funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran’s capital, on Saturday, the beginning of a multi-day ceremony that is meant to project the strength and resilience of the Islamic Republic after a bruising war with the United States and Israel.