What happens when a global investment bank gets its computers to run 10,000 virtual tournaments to guesstimate who is going to bring home the World Cup?
Defense Minister Yaacoub Sarraf Thursday met with a French military and civil delegation to discuss the implementation of the results of the recent Rome II...
The all-electric Formula E motor racing series will start its 2018-19 season in Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, organizers said Thursday.
Surrounded by grey rocky mountains and the blue Sea of Oman, the city of Muscat feels like an oasis of calm in a region afflicted by a deepening sectarian...
A senior U.S. official Thursday described Hezbollah as a “cancer” that must be removed, urging the Lebanese government not to include the party's members in...
A Pentagon source Thursday confirmed Washington will maintain its support for the Lebanese Army and state institutions even after Hezbollah cemented its place...
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki suggested Thursday that Arab countries should recall their ambassadors to the United States in response to...
Arab leaders love the idea that President Trump is ready to give Iran a punch in the nose.
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border, saying the deaths would only lead to more violence, and appealed...
HSBC Holdings PLC is set to reaffirm its position in Saudi Arabia with the takeover of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC’s local venture as lenders bet on the...
The dollar rose against its European peers Wednesday as expectations of multiple U.S. interest-rate rises this year returned.
A top European Union official branded President Donald Trump selfish and capricious Wednesday as EU leaders gathered to count the likely economic damage U.S....
The United States Wednesday imposed additional sanctions on Hezbollahs leadership, targeting five of its top officials, including Hezbollah Secretary-General...
Palestinian protests on the Gaza-Israel border have dropped off over the past two days, with Israel Wednesday pointing to what it said were Egyptian efforts...
In a four-decade military career, Ossama Abdel Meguid served in the first Gulf War and was an assistant military attache in the United States.
As reported previously by this writer, senior Iranian former officials repeatedly told him and other Americans in unofficial, track II discussions preceding...
The shadow of censorship loomed over The Great Departed in recent days, as it emerged that iTunes Middle East had cut five songs from the Lebanese band’s...
A new report found 12,000 people were internally displaced on a daily basis in the Middle East in 2017.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday discussed the financing of local development projects with the World Bank’s regional head, a statement from the...
Seven Afghan migrants, including three children, died after their boat sank late Monday off Turkey's northwest province of Canakkale, the Turkish coastguard...