The United States holds the first spot in terms of Bitcoin’s raw computational power, with 323.4 exa-hashes per second (EH/s).

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

The Middle East has been simmering for quite some time. But what exactly is the situation in the individual countries of the region, from the Middle East to Central and South Asia? Are there countries ...

The surprise attack that Israel launched against Iran in the early hours of June 13 initiated one of history’s most ingenious, complex, and successful campaigns. A tiny country, its population ...

The political use of oil can be traced back to 1960, when Middle Eastern oil-rich states joined forces with Venezuela to establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan affirmed that his country is closely monitoring all developments in the Middle East and is actively involved as a mediator working to prevent ...

The geopolitical conditions for the Israel-Iran war have been brewing for decades, and the past 20 months have seen a titanic power shift.

Below, AFP examines countries with major concentrations of US forces in the Middle East, which falls under the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM).

There are between 40,000 and 50,000 US troops in the Middle East across at least 19 sites.

Claudia Roden's enormous, important book of Middle Eastern cooking remains essential 25 years after its reprint.

Whether or not it does, it shows how the Middle East has already changed. Rich and seemingly stable, the Gulf states are at the hub of things, while some countries that were once influential are ...