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Cheese may have had a special status among foodstuffs. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Surprising role cheese played in human evolution

by Penny Bickle September 1, 2018February 18, 2020

The Middle East. Map: iStock

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Will there be a sea change in the Middle East?

by Norman A. Bailey August 31, 2018

A worker on the Israeli Tamar platform in front of the Mari-B platform off the coast of Israel. Photo: AFP/Ahikam Seri

Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Will Saudi Arabia be the answer to Israel’s gas conundrums?

by Jonathan Gorvett June 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow on October 5, 2017. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Moscow to restrain Iran’s Middle Eastern ambitions

by Khalid Ibn Muneer May 21, 2018

Two men bargain over the price of a carpet in a bazaar in Iran, but would Donald Trump cut a better deal? Photo: AFP/Atta Kenare

China, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The other art of the deal, Tehran-style

by Pepe Escobar May 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A convoy of US armored vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij. Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman

Egypt, Middle East, Syria, World

Trump administration wants Arab force to replace US troops in Syria

by Asia Times staff April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Silhouette of military soldiers on money background.War, military and danger concept. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Greater Bay Area, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Partition of Syria: US and Israel eye Golan Heights oil

by Christina Lin April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

The Middle East. Map: iStock

Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Saudi Arabia has to face a pro-Iranian Turkey

by Khalid Ibn Muneer March 31, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. Photo: AFP

China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Potential Saudi nuclear plants test limits of Israeli ties

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 30, 2018February 18, 2020

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss North Korea on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Joe Penney

AT Finance, China, France, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

The UN’s crimes of omission

by Nabil Fahmy March 15, 2018

People walk in Mall of Qatar in Doha, on July 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Naseem Zeitoon

AT Finance, Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Turkey, World

Qatar weathers the storm

by Jonathan Gorvett March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli F-16s perform an exhibition exercise during an Independence Day show on April 06, 2014, in Netanya, Israel. Photo: iStock

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Air strikes in Sinai underscore Israel’s tightening alliance with Arab states

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 5, 2018

Katarina Rodriquez represented the Philippines in the Miss Intercontinental pageant. Photos: Facebook (Miss Intercontinental), Instagram (Katarina Rodriquez)

AT Finance, Egypt, Mexico, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, World

Katarina Rodriguez second in Miss Intercontinental title

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) greets Copts at the new "Nativity of Christ" Coptic Cathedral in Cairo. Photo: The Egyptian Presidency / Handout via Reuters

Egypt, Israel, Middle East

Egyptian election appears wide open. Appearances are deceptive.

by Sami Moubayed January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970). Photo: AFP

Egypt, France, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Nasser at 100: how to remember the ‘godfather’ of Arab Nationalism?

by Sami Moubayed January 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP

China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, World

Don’t expect Trump to send in the cavalry if MBS has to circle wagons

by Pepe Escobar January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

View of Suez Canal. Photo: Soeren Stache / dpa-Zentralbild

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, World

Israeli plan to revive Gulf rail link prompts concern in Egypt

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

A file pic of Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah security chief, in his office in Abu Dhabi in the UAE in Oct 2016. Photo: Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East

Exiled Fatah leader Dahlan planning political comeback

by Sami Moubayed January 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, killing more than 300, on November 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Soliman

Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

How can the Arab world sidestep the pull of the abyss?

by Nabil Fahmy December 3, 2017February 18, 2020

People bury the body of a mosque attack victim in North Sinai, Egypt, on Nov. 25, 2017. Photo: AFP / Ahmed Gomaa

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria

Gunmen in mosque attack ‘carried Islamic State flag’

by Omar Fahmy and Patrick Markey November 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Egyptians carry victims on stretchers after a gun and bombing attack at the Rawda mosque near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish on November 24, 2017. Photo: AFP

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Militants kill hundreds at Sinai mosque in Egypt’s deadliest attack

by Asia Times and Reuters November 25, 2017February 18, 2020

The Seperation Wall between Israel and Palestine in Bethlehem. Photo: iStock / Getty

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Will Palestinian reconciliation revive two-state solution?

by Daoud Kuttab October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

India has finalized the acquisition of Russia’s S-400 air defense missile system earlier in October. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry

China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Russia’s S-400 missile system: A new Middle East invasion

by Stephen Bryen October 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani addresses the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York, on September 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Shannon Stapleton

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Doha’s downfall: Qatar frozen out in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon

by Sami Moubayed October 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah waves as he visits the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, on October 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Egypt, European Union, France, Israel, Middle East, World

Palestinian cabinet meets in Gaza for first time since 2014

by Sakher Abu el-Oun October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has responded to threats made at the UN by US President Donald Trump. Kim described Trump as mentally deranged for threatening to destroy North Korea.
Image: Annika Laas/Wikidpedia Commons.

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North Korean ship seized carrying weapons for Egypt

by Peter Langan October 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Shiite Muslim demonstrators burn an effigy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a protest in New Delhi on June 9, 2017. Photo: AFP

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Islamic State’s loss won’t end global terror

by Moha Ennaji October 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the opening ceremony of the Hamad port in Doha, Qatar, on September 5, 2017. Photo: Qatar News Agency via Reuters

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, World

Gulf ‘talks’ turn sour, stirrings of Qatari opposition grow

by Sami Moubayed September 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Russia adjusts to realities in US politics

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 30, 2017

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Why some Arab countries want to shutter Al Jazeera

by Philip Seib July 11, 2017February 18, 2020