This year, Eid al-Fitr will either start on June 4 or June 5. Some Muslims wait to see the moon themselves before marking Eid al-Fitr, while others...

Eid is the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, which comes after the holy month of Ramadan....

In addition to worries about shrinking global demand for oil, market-watchers have big, lingering questions about supply. Among them: Just how much banned Iranian oil...

Israel launched a second round of strikes against Syria in 24 hours on Sunday, state media reported, as US President Donald Trump called on Russia...

Turkey wants Russia to restrain intensified Syrian government assaults in that nation’s last rebel-held province, a senior security official said, days after President Bashar al-Assad’s...

If the peace plan had appeared to be an uphill battle when Pompeo spoke Tuesday night, it hit another significant hurdle just a day later...

The right of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to defend their interests after the attacks on oil pumping stations in the kingdom and...

"The agreement will enhance military coordination between the two nations, further advancing an already robust military, political, and economic partnership at a critical time," state-run...

Algeria has postponed presidential elections planned for next month after the two candidates were disqualified. The polls were to elect a successor to Abdelaziz Bouteflika,...

Sudanese security forces have attacked a pro-democracy protest outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, activists say....

Earth scientists and oceanographers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have discovered that deep water in the Red Sea is replenished...

The perceived seductiveness of Egyptian civilization has a lot to do with how we've glamorized its two most famous queens: Cleopatra and Nefertiti. In 1963,...