Guns appeared to fall silent on Friday after days of deadly attacks traded by the US and Iran, as mediators push for a return to dialogue and diplomacy. The US carried out strikes…
A fragile calm settled over Iran and U.S. premises across the Gulf on July 10, as regional mediators sought to revive diplomatic efforts following the highest tensions between Was…
Rachel Aviv’s You Won’t Get Free of It, Daniel Mason’s Country People, and David Thompson’s A Sudden Flicker of Light all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brough…
The search for five missing crew members on the cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea on Tuesday night has entered a third day. Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, …
After unpacking my bag in the bedroom I’d call home for the next month, part two of my European spring trip, I went downstairs. My friend and travel companion sat at the kitchen t…
An electronic-music festival in Germany, World Cup watch parties around the world, the running of the bulls in Spain, cave exploration in China, a heat wave in southern Europe, an…
Nearly two decades on from her first performance at the Pyramids of Giza, Shakira is returning to the ancient site in Egypt for another major concert. The Colombian singer will pe…
The successful accomplishment of the “terror-free Türkiye project” will pave the way for the country to write a “new story,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, underlining t…
The singer is known for pushing pop forward, but her most acclaimed album in years is playing it safe.
Germany is planning to pull its remaining 30 soldiers out of Erbil in northern Iraq and shut down its field camp by the end of September.
British Middle East figures have told The National the UK's next prime minister should take a harder line with Israel, with a ban on importing goods from illegally occupied territ…
Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, believes that the ceasefire with Iran can hold despite US President Donald Trump’s claim that it was “over”. In an exclusive interview foll…