It is neither frivolous nor without a long-range strategic aim that the decision-makers in the Iranian operations room directing Yemen's Houthi militias should decide to target Makkah. No; there are ...

There are periods in the history of nations and peoples, and indeed of individuals and the world as a whole, that are marked by a profound sense of uncertainty about the great objectives tied to ...

This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by ...

Afghanistan's Taliban forces shelled Pakistani border posts overnight after Pakistani troops foiled what they described as a cross-border infiltration attempt by militants, local Pakistani officials ...

An ancient wall discovered beneath Paris was described as a "major breakthrough" on Wednesday by France's culture ministry, with the archaeological find possibly confirming the location of the city's ...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah participated on Tuesday in a multilateral meeting in New York ...

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah co-chaired a high-level meeting in New York titled ...

North Korea appears to have tested a hypersonic weapon that could evade missile defenses and prove hard to track and intercept, analysts told AFP Wednesday. South Korea and Japan said Pyongyang fired ...

Iranian airlines were forced to cancel some international flights on Wednesday after the US tightened sanctions on Iran's aviation industry in a new effort to cripple its economy. A travel agent in ...

The second level of the ancient Colosseum in Rome, a top tourist destination, was closed Wednesday due to the death of a worker inside overnight, the Culture Ministry said in a statement. "Andrea ...

Tigrayan rebel forces in northern Ethiopia have seized control of the airport in the regional capital, security and local sources told AFP on Wednesday, at a time of rising tensions with the federal ...

Albrecht Duerer's "Feast of the Rosary", a Renaissance gem of Prague's National Gallery, is facing a painstaking five-year reconstruction designed to set right five centuries of mistreatment and ...