The number of Muslims travelling to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year is estimated at around 1.5 million,…

Lebanon’s crises overlap and accumulate. The country has faced, and continues to face, economic collapse, financial paralysis, social exhaustion,…

The indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro for ordering the shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996 is a long-awaited…

In modern warfare, communication and the ability to command and control events are as important as ever, but new technology has also brought new…

Many historians agree that the first sultana of the Mamluk state in Egypt was Shajar al-Durr, who ruled after the death of her husband, Sultan as…

Algeria is experiencing a surge in interest from states keen to tap into the North African country’s energy reserves, as the global oil and gas…

Syria today is no longer the country the Middle East had grown accustomed to over the previous decades. A country that was once a troublesome…

US public opinion is turning ever more sharply against Israel, a country that for decades has enjoyed a special place in American society and…

Xi Jinping sat quietly, looking both severe and indifferent as he turned his gaze away from his predecessor, Hu Jintao, who was arguing with security…