For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia, voters are going to the polls nationwide, but only men are allowed to go to the polls, and it's not clear what they're voting for. Elections have ...

Democratic backsliding, shifting geopolitics and competing priorities have made it harder for Europeans to promote human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet the stability and prosperity of ...

For 60 years, the United States has been talking democracy while propping up authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. That-s according to the current President, speaking at the invitation of the ...

Back in January, when the streets of Cairo began to fill with young men chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak’s government, many Americans were alarmed. Sweat slowly started to pour off the faces of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pope Leo is in Lebanon, the nation with the highest proportion of Christians in the Middle East, as part of his first foreign trip as pontiff. Earlier today, he held Mass at the site of the 2020 ...