After winning our hearts with her first voyage down under last year, Faye Webster has locked in her return to Australia for ...

Decades in the making, Mahmet Ali Sanlikol’s singular oud transforms centuries-old Turkish sounds and — when the urge strikes —allows him to unleash his inner rock star.

Marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria, used to be a simple loaf, but now the list of choices can be as long as ...

The family of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot made an emotional plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US ...

Thinking back on the books I had read during 2024 I was struck by patterns I hadn’t noticed at the time I read them. I found books talking to each other, whether their authors intended it, or not.

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for ...

Hanwha Aerospace to build production bases for Europe, Middle East, Australia and US as global security fears grow ...

Beijing’s decades-long ‘soft power’ push has never gained traction, particularly overseas. But with a blockbuster movie, ...

Guns N' Roses announced the departure of longtime drummer Frank Ferrer and thanked him “for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence over the past 19 years." ...

The masked soldiers belong to the Tigray Defence Forces ( TDF ), the region’s army. By attempting what is, in effect, a coup, ...

Indian scholar Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, was arrested in the US over alleged Hamas ties. His ...