I once asked a man who had worked in Saddam Hussein’s palace whether he had ever heard him swear. “No, he did not have a habit of swearing. He would fall silent when he became angry, but sparks would ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

Whether vast deserts or tiny island states, each of these countries with no river has found its own way to survive without ...

Donald Trump has overseen nearly as many air strikes in the first five months of his second term as Joe Biden launched in his ...

For much of the modern era, the Middle East has occupied centre stage in global geopolitics, owing to its strategic geography ...

Some nations are brand new, while others have been around for centuries, carrying with them rich histories and legacies. But what truly defines an "old" country, and which one can claim the title of ...

Mere months into his second term, Trump’s airstrike tally is already just shy of the total his predecessor logged over his entire presidency.

Following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, experts say Iran’s missile program has suffered major damage — but thousands of short-range weapons and cyber tools remain in play.

In the wake of the recent conflict between Israel and Iran, the question of military strength in the Middle East has been at ...

The Babylonian map is known as the Imago Mundi and holds the title of the oldest known map in the world as it shows the world ...

This interview with Hüseyin Ovayolu accompanies our online release of his photographic collection Uprooted, a black and white ...

Countries that start with the letter ‘K’ are the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Kiribati, the ...