Category: News

See CNN’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan Fast Facts for a look at the life of the Turkish president and former prime minister.

View Syria Fast Facts at CNN to learn about the Middle Eastern country sharing a border with Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey.

Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights campaigners, has been released after more than 1,000 days in prison for what critics have described as politically-motivated charges.

The daughter of Dubai’s billionaire ruler, who attempted to flee abroad in 2018, has appeared in secret recordings claiming she is being held hostage in a “villa converted into a … Read More

The family of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul issued a scathing rebuke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a press conference Thursday, a day after the women’s rights defender was … Read More

Israeli authorities are trying to locate the source of a suspected oil spill that has been described as one of the most severe ecological disasters to hit the country, threatening … Read More

Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has sent a letter to police in the UK asking … Read More

In the protracted effort to see who will blink first between Tehran and the Biden administration, Thursday’s strikes in Syria are but a tiny insect floating into both their gazes. … Read More

A resident of al-Bukamal, a city near the Syrian-Iraqi border, told CNN the explosions from US airstrikes targeting a compound the Pentagon said was used by Iranian-backed militia groups were … Read More

Dubai’s Expo 2020 will be held in October, and the Sustainability Pavilion will be a centerpiece of the event.