The first signs did not come with a declaration or a warning. They came as flashes in the Gulf sky, as sirens cut through the stillness of cities that had long believed they could stay outside the ...

The Pakistani government on November 24 said its mediation team had reached agreement on a seven-day cease-fire among warring sectarian groups in the northwest of the country, looking to end clashes ...

A poster carrying a photograph of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with a slogan calling for Shia-Sunni brotherhood, hangs above a street at the Beckbagan Crossing, a Sunni ...

The ten days of Shia lamentation for Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, end this year on July 6th, with Ashura. They are always filled with anguish but this year that is even more true. In ...