The attacks, which Israel said targeted Iran’s nuclear program and military targets, killed Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, head of ...

Asia’s near-term outlook has weakened amid rising trade tensions with growth in the reference forecast slowing to 3.9 percent this year from 4.6 percent in 2024. Notwithstanding robust growth and ...

The final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, has begun. Some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory spiritual journey called Hajj, or pilgrimage.

With 90.6% of the population in Central Asia – the region made up of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – being Muslim, Islamic finance in the region offers significant ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Passengers on flights to Turkey who unbuckle their seat belts, enter an aisle or open overhead compartments before their plane has stopped taxiing upon arrival are ...

Following Bashar Assad's ouster in Syria, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have significantly improved their once-strained relationship, driven by shared interests in stabilizing the region and countering ...

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In a fragmented Islamic world grappling with ideological shifts and multipolar geopolitics, a strategic rivalry unfolds between Turkey’s neo-Ottoman aspirations under Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s ...

BEIRUT — Sunni regional powerhouses Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the years. But their ties warmed significantly after Bashar Assad was ...