Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave ...

Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad. Once ...

At the height of its power, Islam once controlled vast territories: from Morocco to China and from Russia down to sub-Saharan Africa. The rise of the European colonial empires, notably those of ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court was set to resume work Monday after nine judges who had tendered their resignations in recent ...

If Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon finally breaks, it won’t just redraw maps in the Middle East—it could rewrite the calculus of ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A land mine explosion killed four people and wounded several others in northwest Pakistan’s Kurram ...

Police say a landmine killed four people and wounded others in a remote area in northwest Pakistan. The blast occurred ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind his country and the world that in the disorienting first days after ...

Iran’s long campaign against Americans has been weakened by U.S. strikes and Israeli attacks on its nuclear weapons sites, ...

Iran’s identity as a Shia-majority nation is closely tied not only to its religious and political evolution, but also to its deep-rooted historical connections with India—especially with the ...

Look at a map of the world showing all the airplanes currently in the air and what stands out most — apart from the staggering number of aircraft up there — are the gigantic holes in the sky ...