The World Bank's April 2025 MENA Economic Update highlights the region's modest growth and underperforming private sector, ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

Miami-born Ron Dermer is Prime Minister Netanyahu’s most trusted adviser and remains determined to win normalized Saudi ...

Stephen Kalin is a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in the Middle East, where he has lived since 2009.

Artificial intelligence will be used in the United Arab Emirates to write new laws and update current legislation.

Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, commended the UAE for its pivotal role in enhancing stability across the region and for its unwavering support for Lebanon’s security and development.In a press ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as ...

When Rep. Adam Smith asked his counterpart from across the Cascades to join him on a trip to Iraq, the Democrat from Bellevue got a response he hadn't often heard before. "I told him, 'Adam, I would ...

In 2008, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent a mouth-water $67 million on a 1,200-acre winery in the south of France called ...

Among the many trips Pope Francis took after he was elected to the papacy in 2013, his historic first visit to the Arabian ...

Leaders across the Arab world on Monday honoured Pope Francis, who died aged 88 at his residence in the Vatican, with ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from February 2021 to February 2024.