Middle East Travel News

An IDF vehicle traveling along the Egypt-Israel border Sunday evening was struck by a bullet shot from the Sinai during a gunbattle between Egyptian forces and drug smugglers.

Palm fronds and wooden crosses clutched in their hands, throngs of Christians have spent Holy Week retracing the last steps Jesus took before his death and resurrection in the ancient Old City of Jerusalem, while hundreds of thousands of Jews have made their own pilgrimages for the eight-day holiday of Passover.

Iran has protested to the United Nations that Washington's refusal of a visa for one of its diplomats to head its U.N. mission in New York is a violation of international law.

Christian pilgrims hold candles Saturday at the church of the Holy Sepulcher, believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City.

Under the direction of Dr. Eric Conway, The Morgan State University Choir will embark on its first Middle East tour.

Istanbul, the noisy metropolis on the Bosporus Strait lauded by many a travel ranking, has much more to offer than grand mosques and bazaars.

I went to Jerusalem to visit my daughter Tamar, who is studying there for the year.

During Holy Week and on Easter Sunday, millions of Christians imagine, as they hear the story of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, the setting in Jerusalem.

To put it mildly, the United States and Iran have a rather strained relationship .

Imagine doing things like this in the middle of a desert: Skiing down a snow-packed mountain in an indoor ski resort the size of a city block; looking down at the world from atop a half-mile-high building; looking up at a soaring skeleton of a 155-million-year-old dinosaur; riding a glass-bottom boat over a 2.6-million-gallon aquarium, home to ... (more)

Construction of what will become the next world's tallest building is set to begin next week in Saudi Arabia.

When was the last time you gazed in awe at the petals of the multi-colored eastern golden drop? Sniffed the delicate fragrance of the Ramon marjoram plant? Or feasted your eyes on the regal petals of the stunning blue sage? You can view all three of these rare delights on a marvelous spring walk through the Mt.

Professional Korean kite flyers at the Kite Flying Event held at the Museum of Islamic Art Park yesterday.

Move over, Dubai. If Saudi Arabia's newest construction project goes as planned, the Burj Khalifa could be dethroned as the world's tallest tower.

For some of the scientists and doctors who helped the world battle the 2003 SARS outbreak, the recent rapid rise in human infections in several Middle Eastern countries caused by a cousin virus is creating a sense of sharp unease.

Muscat: A host of the most recognised names in the maritime industry have unveiled their timeline to commence activity at the Sohar Port and Freezone.

Text from a Aramaic song is seen at Sts. Peter and Paul Melkite Catholic Church April 17, 2014 in Ottawa.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan will take part in the 19th annual "Way of the Cross Procession" that will travel across Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday.

Muscat: The South Korean Embassy in Oman is closely following the news related to a ferry carrying 459 people that sank off South Korea's southern coast.

The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee awarded an $18,000 grant to connect marine scientists in Israel with Mote to study difficult challenges currently faced by our oceans.