The history of the Middle East is littered with defunct security pacts. In late 2004, Jordan’s King Abdullah II coined a phrase that would come to define how many viewed the Middle East’s emerging ...

A defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey shows how far U.S. influence in the Middle East has eroded—and how regional powers are now shaping their own security order. Turkish President ...

The “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement” is not a rejection of US partnership but rather a safeguard against its downsides. The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact signed in Mecca last week should not be ...

(From left) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif holding copies of the Mecca Pact after they signed the joint defense ...

Four crewmembers were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday, Yemen’s transport ministry said, while the U.S. military said it struck a ...

Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people in an attack on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. U.S. forces fired missiles at a container ship attempting to breach Washington's blockade of ...

British band Massive Attack in their recent shows in Australia and around the world performed a cover of the Korean song Regret of the Times (sidae yugam), originally released by pop band Seo Taeji ...

Troops of Sector 1, Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Police Force, have foiled a suspected armed herders’ attack at Azege Village, Tombo Council ...

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A woman lost her arm in an alligator attack while swimming in the Silver River near Ocala. Florida has seen several alligator attacks this summer, including one fatality. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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Every U.S. president over the last 20 years has tried to move the United States out of the Middle East, an area so steeped in bad history and poor policy that one wonders why Washington bothers to be ...