US forces have attacked more than 80 targets in Iraq and Syria in a wide-ranging air assault on sites belonging to Iran-backed proxy groups and…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may think his strongest moment comes as he insists on pressing on with Israel’s devastating military assault on…

As diplomatic efforts to try to end the war between Hamas and Israel are stepped up, the question of what happens the day after the war looms large…

Egypt’s currency is under increasing pressure, as the wider impact on international markets caused by geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East adds to…

War and famine frequently go together. This can be a consequence of violence, such as wars fought across fields of crops. But depriving people of…

The participation of the Palestinian national football team in the prestigious Asian Cup was an achievement in more ways than one.As well as showing…

War has a habit of reducing human lives to numbers — 27,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. People see the number, hear the number, frown, and carry on…

You can tell a lot about a place based on the boats and ships that sail to and from it. How large are they? How narrow? What do they carry? What are…

The Gaza war has refocused the world’s attention on the Palestinian cause. Mass rallies, particularly in the West, put pressure on politicians, as…