Sectarianism has a profound role in shaping the consciousness of wide segments of the Middle East’s population. It increases their propensity for violent behavior, both verbal and physical, and can ...

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that I spend a lot of time in the Middle East. Countless people have asked ...

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred ...

The major world religions emerged between approximately 600 BCE and 611 CE, with Judaism being the first, followed by Christianity and concluding with Islam, ...

But backing Israel is expensive and Mr Trump hates spending lavishly to defend America’s allies. On top of $18bn in military ...

A new map has revealed the most common religion in every African country, showing a clear divide between Christianity and Islam across the world’s second largest continent. The map, shared on ...

"In Iran, the death of Ebrahim Raisi does not change a thing" The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi in a helicopter crash has fueled speculation about the future of the Iranian regime ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters gathered in Jerusalem Wednesday, marching towards the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Proposed at the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor is a network ... The initiative can bridge ideological and religious divides, promote tourism, ...

By both brokering the ceasefire and allowing it to fall apart, Trump demonstrated that he has more control than anyone else over the pace of violence in the Middle East. And that means he owns ...

Similar pressures apply to Egypt, said Timothy Kaldas, an Egyptian analyst at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy think ... would grant religious legitimacy absent from other normalization ...

President Donald Trump’s administration dialed up its use of military power in the Middle East this past week just as it took more steps to dismantle American institutions central to advancing peace ...