Seated cross-legged on a flowered mattress in a bare white room, Baghdadi hailed the Islamic State’s expansion around the globe, urged his supporters to keep...

Despite a shaky global economy, oil prices have surged by about 36%-42% since January, lifted by supply cuts led by the Middle East-dominated producer club...

Defense spending in Turkey rose at the fastest pace among the world’s top 15 arms purchasers, a reflection of the burden imposed on the country’s...

Erdogan’s comments, his strongest challenge yet to warnings that Turkey could be removed from the F-35 project, came a day after he discussed the purchase...

Feral cities are major urban sprawls that lack adequate governance. Warlords, gangs or terror groups occupy a maze of concrete that largely blocks GPS links,...

Afghanistan's usually bustling capital Kabul slowed to a crawl Tuesday amid massive security for a high-stakes peace summit that has previously been a target for...

The 2019 report identifies 16 countries that engaged in or tolerated egregious violations. China sits prominently on that list. "It takes the strongest stance against...

The Trump administration is pushing for the Muslim Brotherhood to be designated a foreign terrorist organisation, a move that would put the US at odds...

The Palestinian leadership has very little leverage. A refusal to engage, as Shtayyah threatens, will be an invitation to the U.S. and Israel to unilaterally...

Egypt has sentenced seven Muslim Brotherhood members, including one of the group’s top financiers, to life in prison on charges of joining and funding a...

As Sri Lanka’s long civil war ended in this once-contested region along its eastern coast, Muslim women eager to show their piousness began wearing the...

Few projects have captured the imagination of the international construction sector like The World islands, a man-made archipelago located 4km off the coast of Dubai....

European planemaker Airbus stuck to full-year financial targets after reporting slightly higher-than-expected core first-quarter profit, overshadowed by weaker cash and charges related to a German...