In this excerpt from Karen Elliott House’s forthcoming biography of Mohammed bin Salman, the future king emerges as a driven, ...

The House of Saud is not just a royal family, it is an empire. With an estimated net worth of £1.1 trillion ($1.4 trillion), ...

Diplomacy often takes the form of staged meetings and statements whose plain meanings differ from what the country’s leaders ...

The family owns the world’s largest private jet, a Boeing 747-400 with arguably one of the most luxurious features on ...

For decades, the specter of a Third World War loomed large in my mind, fueled by youthful readings of Nostradamus’s ...

In Iranian culture and history, monarchy has not merely been a political system it has represented a sacred, cultural, and national concept. Unlike the troubled republican experiences seen ...

While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed ...

Amnesty International has found a "startling surge" in executions in Saudi Arabia, including many foreign nationals who were ...

I have just completed reading the 2025 Saharawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Environmental (SONREP) Report, titled ...

It was only four years ago that China inked a $400 billion, 25-yearlong strategic partnership with Iran, focusing on trade, ...

I was scrolling through WhatsApp messages the other day in a group known as ‘Hasec Pioneers 1998-1999’, the group was created ...