The Emirati astronaut who will make history by becoming the first Arab on the International Space Station said Tuesday he had received support from around the world before his "dream" mission. Hazzaa al-Mansoori, 35, is set to blast into space accompanied by Russia's Oleg Skripochka ...
Israel braces for deadlock as Netanyahu's election gamble falls short
Benjamin Netanyahu's gamble to hold elections for a second time this year backfired in a stunning deadlock that has left Israel rudderless and convulsed by a new wave of political turmoil. The inconclusive race against his centrist rival, former military chief Benny Gantz, was a ...
Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria said Sunday they plan to hand 800 women and children, including relatives of jihadis, to their families in the first such transfer from an overcrowded camp. The women and children — all Syrians — are living among the dregs of ...
Jordan says it won't renew peace treaty land deal with Israel
Jordan said on Sunday it would not extend the 25-year deal that allows Israel to use two tracts of territory along its border just as Israel said it was still planning to negotiate an extension. Much of the land in Baquora in the northwestern part ...
When the 'Arab Street' and its protests come to Sweden
Anti-Jewish violence spreads to liberal Europe, where Muslim immigrants enjoy the freedom to protest.
The Six Day War, fought 50 years ago this week, transformed the Middle East and the world continues to deal with its impact.
Experts abroad already feel Trump has hurt America's standing
The world is fascinated by Donald Trump, just as blindsided as many Americans are about his rise and nearly at a loss to understand what he would do as president. Foreign-policy elites around the globe speak of Trump as a loose cannon, a "roller-coaster," "unpredictable," ...
GOP Sen. Graham assures Arab world U.S. won't change even if Trump gets in
Residents of the Middle East should not be too alarmed at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters in Cairo on Sunday. "The Congress is going to be around no matter who is the president," Graham, who is leading ...
Five years after the Arab Spring
democracy is still just as suitable for Arabs as it is for any other people. It's just going to take a little longer than we thought in 2011.
Trump draws denials, scorn after claiming he saw Arab-populated Jersey City cheer on 9/11
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he saw people cheering the Sept. 11 attacks across the river in New Jersey — a claim officials strongly deny. Trump first told the story Saturday at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, as he pressed the need for greater ...
Arab pair gun down one in Israeli bus depot; Netanyahu targets Islamic Movement finances
Two Arab attackers opened fire in a bus station in southern Israel on Sunday, killing one Israeli and wounding six others in one of the boldest attacks yet of a monthlong wave of violence. The attack came as Israel further tightened security around the country, ...
Israel seals off Arab areas of Jerusalem, prompting claims Netanyahu is dividing city
Palestinians in Jerusalem, more than a third of the city's population, have awoken to a new reality: Israeli troops are encircling Arab neighborhoods, blocking roads with concrete cubes the size of washing machines and ordering some of those leaving on foot to lift their ...
