Like the rest of the world, the month of Ramadan lacks festivity in the Palestinian territory of Gaza in the wake of quarantine and self-isolation to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. But for many residents, the lockdown is like an extension of the crippling siege...

Saudi Arabia Wednesday reported a first quarter budget deficit of 34.107 billion Saudi riyals ($9.09 billion), as oil revenue was hit hard by a combination of sliding global prices, demand and a supply glut in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. That reversed a first quarter surplus of...

Two months after the US and the Taliban signed a deal Washington heralded as the way to end Afghanistan's war, violence is spiralling out of control and experts say a fragile peace process risks collapse. Dozens of Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters have been dying almost daily...

A Syrian state-produced television series has drawn fire from activists and Syrian opposition figures, for using as a prop a photograph of a young woman believed to have been tortured and killed by Syrian regime security forces. The period of Ramadan is usually the peak time for TV...