Tehran has gotten good at evading longstanding US sanctions, but the bigger it expands its shadow network, the more exposed and corrupt it becomes, weakening it in the long run

The Iran-backed militia has seized most of western Yemen to effectively control the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the gateway to the Red Sea and therefore the Suez Canal

Beijing's multi-pronged proposal links to the new three-way 'Mecca Alliance' between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan. What would be the parameters of this new Chinese security involvement?

The Palestinian singer-songwriter's turn to folk music exposes the class, status, and cultural prejudices that shape what we choose to listen to

The media-savvy AfD candidate led his party to victory in Saxony-Anhalt, bringing it within reach of power for the first time since World War II

The UK's recent criticism of Israeli action in the West Bank has drawn a sharp rebuke from Tel Aviv, but friction between the two countries is nothing new

Mali's biggest jihadist group is more likely to follow the Taliban's path than that of Syria's rebels-turned-rulers

The Iran-backed group's effective takeover of Yemen's western coast comes with serious regional and global implications. The world needs to act.

Imagination lies at the heart of Fahad Al-Khalif's distinctive paintings, where architecture, memory, colour, and symbols challenge familiar laws of place and perspective

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history