2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (590+ words) The unconventional gift from the host of this week's NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was meant to showcase his country's growing defense industry. But it left officials across the alliance scratching their heads. Some were forced to leave…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (111+ words) The Spec Now 74, Helou has a wide following in the region and elsewhere and has released nearly a dozen books since the 1990s about food in the Middle East and beyond. Last month she received Britain's prestigious Guild of Food Writers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1040+ words) That's meant to safeguard the summit, but also to display strength and underscore Turkey's commitment to NATO, even as it is often portrayed as an outlier within it. On July 78, leaders from all 32 member states are expected convene in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (693+ words) Lebanon and Israel signed the deal in Washington on Friday without Hezbollah. The agreement links Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon to the Iran-backed militant group's disarmament, something Hezbollah rejects. Several previous ceasefire agreements that Lebanon has negotiated with Israel since the…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (526+ words) Rubio used a three-day, three-nation trip to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain this week to try to convince all the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council that the Trump administration does indeed have their backs in negotiations to…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (214+ words) Science World, which has been transformed into a FIFA World Cup Trionda soccer ball, is seen near BC Place Stadium, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck VANCOUVER - The FIFA World Cup arrives in Vancouver tonight when…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (174+ words) An oil tanker sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP) Kuwait's military made the announcement, without providing further details on what had been targeted. Kuwait repeatedly came under…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (208+ words) In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, Israel Katz, said the strikes had targeted the new leader of Hamas" military wing. They identified him as Mohammed Odeh and called him "one of the architects…...

2+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (487+ words) The UAE blamed Iran for the latest attack, the latest threat to a month-old ceasefire, which the Trump administration says remains in effect. There were no casualties reported, and no one immediately claimed responsibility. Iran and its armed allied groups…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (275+ words) The solemn ceremony began at 5: 30 a. m. local time near a beach where the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or Anzacs, first landed at Gallipoli at dawn on April 25, 1915. The hour-long event included mournful hymns, prayers and the laying of wreaths…...