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Middle East
Houthis Vow Retaliation After U.S. Strikes in Yemen
The Iran-backed rebels, who have targeted Israel and shipping in the Red Sea, sa...
Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in Joint Iraqi-U.S. ...
The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out mo...
‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic...
Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian cul...
After al-Assad’s Ouster, Many Syrians Struggle With Ret...
Syria’s interim president has said that millions would return after President Ba...
Pokémon Go Maker Niantic Sells Unit to Saudi Fund for $...
Scopely said it would buy Niantic’s video game business, which includes Pokémon ...
Gabbard Drops Pick for Top Intel Post, a Critic of Isra...
The scuttled appointment highlighted an emerging foreign policy fault line in th...
Israel and Lebanon Agree to Talks on Border, Long a Sou...
Officials say negotiations would also include the future of Israeli military out...
Syrians Demand Better Protection Amid a Spate of Kidnap...
When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and othe...
Trump Says He Wrote to Iran to Open Nuclear Talks
The White House did not immediately provide details. The move was a sharp pivot ...
As King Urges People Not to Kill Sheep for ‘Big Eid,’ M...
With the country facing years of drought and economic strife, King Mohammed VI t...
A Hamas Leader’s Release From Prison Reopens Old Wounds...
A man convicted over his role in a deadly 2002 bombing was released in one of th...
Trump Issues ‘Last Warning’ to Hamas to Release Israeli...
In a blistering social media post, the president told Hamas that if it continued...
He Sang in Praise of Women Exposing Their Hair. Iran Fl...
Mehdi Yarrahi, a popular Iranian musician, was arrested in a 2023 crackdown afte...
What to Know About the State of the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
As negotiators hold discussions on several tracks, Palestinians and Israelis are...
Israel Strikes Syria Again as Tensions Rise
The latest attacks came a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel...
Arab States Propose Alternative to Trump’s Gaza Plan
Trying to counter President Trump’s call to “clean out” Gaza, Arab leaders have ...