2016-10-18
The carnage in Yemen is at last attracting the world’s attention
Airlines are banning them once again. Or at least one particular type: the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Even with backing from Kurds, Shia militias and an American-led international coalition, the campaign will be hard
The reactionary parochialism embraced by many voters in recent years has shaken political establishments and roiled markets. They needed it, but can policymakers build on recent signs of buyers’ remorse?
The Platform for Education in Emergencies Response will connect college-ready Syrian refugees with refugee-ready colleges
2016-10-14
To ensure the future prosperity of the Middle East, its governments and citizens must ask themselves if new technologies are being designed and adapted to meet real social needs
Modern economies would not be possible without widespread literacy and numeracy
The greatest oppression and injustice against this great man was done to him after him death in many years
2016-10-06
Iraq and Turkey summon ambassadors after Iraqi MPs demand removal of hostile occupying forces in north of country
Sharing a cartoon on Facebook that depicted a depraved extremist issuing orders to a meek God
Authorities announced federal indictments against 17 members of the international sex trafficking organization
America’s ceasefire deal with Russia never stood a chance
2016-10-04
The jump in household income merely helps to make up for lost ground
2016-10-02
This is what the Saudis have done with Wahhabism. The oil money has enabled them to spread this fanatical, destructive form of Islam all over the Muslim world and among Muslims in the west
A showdown on ground so symbolic to Islamists might actually play in favor of those opposed to the vision espoused by radical Islamists
2016-09-29
Increasingly, hungry refugees receive aid not as food, but as cash
In the political world, the answer is quite a lot. On the left and right – few mainstream leaders are having such a good year
2016-09-27
Why Foreign Fighters Have Become a Liability
In Kirkuk, the extremist group's defeat risks rekindling old ethnic and religious conflicts unless cooler heads prevail
In Ethiopia, 9,000 Jews are waiting to move to Israel—but it may not be the promised land after all
Protesters demanded the government's resignation over the failure to protect Nahed Hattar
2016-09-23
GDP has hardly grown in the last four years, and GDP per capita is still less than it was in 2007
2016-09-21
Military displayed long-range missiles, tanks, and the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system
United States says the ceasefire agreement it sponsored jointly with Russia is "not dead"
About 400 workers in Qatar have been without pay for up to four months, according the Indian Community Benevolent Forum charity
2016-09-20
Biologists, programmers and engineers plan to attack cancerous cells the way one attacks a bug in a computer
Nadia Murad tells leaders at U.N. refugee summit: "You decide whether it is to be war or peace."
Every aspect of globalization – free trade, free movement of capital, and international migration – is under attack
