Just as it has a long history, the Middle East has experienced a long line of conflicts both within and outside the region.

World Health Organization regional director to the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Hanan Balkhy, discusses the challenges of conflict, migration and economic instability for public health in the Middle ...

Fundamentally, Europe’s policymakers must acknowledge that the Middle East constitutes the continent’s primary security ...

Protesters chant slogans as one of them holds up a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a protest following the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday ...

Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, threatening to stoke a wider conflict in the Middle East, a region that supplies the world with about a third of ...

The Associated Press’ top photos from the Middle East and the surrounding region in 2025 capture conflict, resilience, and moments of quiet wonder. Taken across Gaza, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, ...

By Joshua McElwee and Catherine Cartier BEIRUT, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Pope Leo bade farewell to Lebanon on Tuesday with a fervent appeal to leaders across the Middle East to listen to their people's cries ...

The conflict in the Middle East increases the risk that businesses and households in the U.K. will expect the rate of inflation to remain high, and raise their prices and wage demands, a policymaker ...