Israeli police raided the plaza outside occupied Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday in what they said was a bid to head off Palestinian attempts to disrupt...
Arab Israelis formed long lines outside polling stations Tuesday as they turned out to cast their ballots hoping to end the six-year reign of Prime Minister...
Teenagers carrying weapons stand at checkpoints and busy intersections in Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul. Patched onto the left arms of their black...
The following is the list of the names of 29 Army soldiers and Internal Security Forces policemen captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria...
So let’s start with the premise of Luc Besson’s “Lucy,” starring Scarlett Johansson: Human beings only use 10 percent of their brain capacity.
Next year marks the target date for the completion of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, a set of objectives laid out in 2000 with the aim...
Tartous has itself largely escaped the conflict in Syria, but posters of its sons killed fighting for the regime elsewhere in the country line the western...
Lebanese doctors are warning about the consequences of an alarming increase in bacteria that is resistant to the strongest antibiotics, with a report by the...
They ended up there penniless after wandering from country to country for months.
A former U.S. soldier of Lebanese descent who fought alongside the Nusra Front in Syria has died of an “accidental overdose” in his hometown of Phoenix in...
Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters captured the last major town in Qalamoun near the border with Lebanon Wednesday after weeks of intense fighting,...
A chemical attack, starvation tactics, a strategic military offensive and a siege.
Once hailed as the heroes of Syria’s revolution, Homs’ besieged, starved and abandoned rebels are now defending a shattered enclave, fearing their uprising...
Under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29, 2019.
Like many others, I was shocked by recent images showing the size of the queue that formed in May to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, from the...
As we enter the last quarter of 2019 (and of the decade), cyclical indicators point to a slowing world economy amid wide-ranging structural challenges.
Tired and aching with arthritis, Dahouk al-Omar lugs a purse stuffed with all her personal documents to the catering kitchen where she works 12 hours a day.
On the outskirts of the 1948 Palestinian town of Shefa Amr, there are no posters advertising the meeting at an open-air restaurant deep in an orchard.
When the G-20 leaders held their first summit in late 2008, many welcomed what looked like a diverse, highly representative new forum for crafting common...