In a country where atheism is a capital offense, nonbelievers are still finding quiet ways to forge community. For Pakistani…
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Two crates reportedly belonging to Hezbollah containing critical technical machinery that were destroyed in a drone strike attributed to Israel…
As a crude generalization, one could say that democracy rests on three things: government by the majority of the state’s…
A high-profile trial against businessmen, a former minister, and two dozen accomplices shines a spotlight on illicit cigarette production, widespread…
if Iran’s proxies forced Israel into an all-out war, for any reason, Israel (should) respond immediately and forcefully against Tehran,…
I recently attended two events connected to the role of social media in our daily lives. One was the much-reviled…
In an exclusive interview with Play the Game, a former match-fixer tells how effectively criminal syndicates are still manipulating sports…
The group’s local partners balked when U.S. officials warned them to back off a recent political smear campaign, but more…
Alexander Rayko Alexiev was named for his father, the famous painter, caricaturist, and satirist Rayko Alexiev, who was tortured and…
Contrary to prevailing conceptions, it turns out that the Arab public yearns to participate in determining the political and social…
Its not about sex. You might think that it was all about sex if you read many of the articles…
File photo – The Suez canal, which is the short way for Iran to send a ship to Syria, but…
One hundred years after the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which set the terms for the end of World War…
Opinion: The fight over control of strategic assets in Syria has gone up a notch after Russia expels pro-Iranian militias…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have urged bishops to denounce Pope Francis as…
The fall of the nearly 30-year regime of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir was almost entirely due to the heroism and…
Just by getting rid of a dictator, Sudan’s protestors (as well as Algeria’s) have ended the new, counterrevolutionary normal in…
To forge a better future, the country must break the vicious cycle of military rule followed by incompetent, corrupt rule…
The most the Arabs can aspire to is to provide indirect help in forging a “Jewish unity” government. This indicates…
Exclusive: Parliament speaker Nabih Berri’s links with Iran are focus of White House ire The United States is considering…
A mural for the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran was installed in Valiasr Square in Tehran last…
In the introduction to his 2006 book “The God Delusion,” author Richard Dawkins boldly declares his goal: “If this book works…
Dudu Tassa’s new album, El-Hajar, (Exile) is winning over listeners in Iraq, where his grandfather and great uncle were once…
And other findings from the largest domestic study of sexual desire ever conducted Most Americans don’t experiment with what we…
Tehran’s harsh policy in the Syrian conflict is increasingly at variance with the interests of Moscow in the region, says…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stands with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (center) and Metropolitan of Kiev Epiphanius I (right)…
Last spring, I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a number of documents from fixers at the heart…
In departing interviews, Gadi Eisenkot says IAF struck thousands of targets in Syria, determined to halt Tehran’s plans for regional…
By Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos WASHINGTON — In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement…
A member of Iran’s parliament says the country’s foreign policy has “a lot of unneeded costs” and these can “leave…
The establishment of the State of Israel triggered the end of centuries of Jewish life in the Arab speaking world…
As the New Year dawns across the sports integrity world, there are a number of vast zombie organizations staggering across…
An Israeli security official confirmed to AP that Israel carried out the overnight airstrike in Syria, saying a series of…
By Souad Mekhennet and Greg Miller Jamal Khashoggi had been in the United States for only a few months when the…
The Sumerologist Veysel Donbaz speaks languages almost no one speaks today: Sumerian, Hittite, and two dialects of Akkadian, which are Assyrian and Babylonian. There are…
Its over. It cannot possibly stagger on with any belief. The credibility of that awful walking, talking oxymoron of the…
Espionage and intelligence have rather been taboo issues few writers have dared to tackle, says veteran journalist Murat Yetkin, adding…
“Dear Dr. ____, esteemed university president, I am pleased to send my best wishes to your excellency and to inform…
By Mark Mazzetti, Ronen Bergman and David D. Kirkpatrick WASHINGTON — Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a…
This Isaac Marcosson article was originally published by The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 20, 1923 It was the…
New US legislation relating to the Iran-backed group casts a shadow over the future of bilateral relations News that…
Editorial AFTER three days of protests, destruction of property, closure of roads and highways and massive disruptions to the daily…
Khamenei’s latest guidelines for Iranian culture and governance focus on resisting any efforts to reform the regime’s decisionmaking tendencies. On…
By Ben Hubbard and David D. Kirkpatrick BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jamal Khashoggi landed in Washington last fall, leaving behind a long list of…
Price concerns spur talks to restart Anjli Raval SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 Kuwait is ramping up crude oil…
An attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against…
Erasmus EVEN as political relations between Russia and Ukraine have worsened of late, spiritual relations between the two main poles…
It is in the dog days of summer that the dirty deeds get done. A good habit for European and…
Lebanese army complains to UNIFIL saying Israeli bulldozers working on the barrier are encroaching on Lebanese side; IDF says barrier’s…
Analysis: According to the IDF, the Iranian entrenchment in Syria was expected to attract thousands of soldiers loyal to the…