This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Of Mecca and Mammon” ...

In the Middle East and North Africa, just 18% of women are formally employed, according to the World Bank, far below the ...

Saudi Arabia said it is committed to a Palestinian state including the strip and ruled out the normalization of diplomatic ties with Israel without that goal.

The Middle East is shifting from conflict to investment as Iran loses influence and Gulf states take the lead. IMEC is ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he wants to “ clean out ” Gaza raised alarm in many quarters, but perhaps ...

Israeli PM Netanyahu meets Trump in Washington to discuss Gaza ceasefire, Israel-Saudi normalization, and Iran. With ...

Taha Ozhan said that US-led Western countries benefit from sticking to the idea that "the Islamic world is not ready for democracy" ...

In this quarter’s issue of CW EMEA, we feature four articles where politics and tech come together, including Amnesty International’s calls for Sweden’s social insurance agency to ...

Ember, a London-based energy think tank, says in a new report that Turkey’s cumulative installed PV capacity has doubled to 19.6 GW in just two and a half years, driven by a surge in self ...

Some European countries, along with the US, do not recognise a Palestinian state and say they will only do so as part of a long-term political solution to the conflict in the Middle East.

Meet the European Capitals of Culture 2025 ... This year, for the first time, cities in two countries are being presented together as one capital of culture while also presenting themselves ...

The truce will begin at 8:30 a.m., according to the Foreign Ministry of Qatar, a mediator in the talks. U.S. and other diplomats see the deal as the best chance to end the 15-month war that has ...