The Bible tells of a fateful encounter between an Egyptian Pharaoh and a King of Judah at "Armageddon". Archaeologists found ...

India’s suspension of the key water treaty with neighbouring Pakistan has led to escalating tension between the two nuclear ...

Co-ops in the region offer a vision of an alternative society built on mutual aid, gender equality and ecological sustainability ...

As the world undergoes rapid political and economic transformations with escalating conflicts shaking the Middle East, the ...

IWT “is the most important treaty, a question of life and death, for Pakistan”, says Himanshu Thakkar of the South Asia ...

Water is a frequent image in Bach’s music. Placid rivers sing the praises of enlightened monarchs. Other streams rush by, murmuring their eternal truths ...

India took a bold and historic step as it decided to suspend the over-six-decade-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

The air in Basra carries a strange weight: part saline mist from the nearby Persian Gulf and part acrid smoke from the ...

Attacks on civilians and infrastructure have eased in northeast Syria (Rojava) following a series of agreements between the ...

Not long ago, Iraq was viewed as a kind of hell on Earth. But the country has recovered its stability, and the government is ...

The transitional Syrian government and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have come to an agreement regarding the ...