Gaza-born twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” their riff on the Western genre that premiered ...

MENA cinema returns to Cannes Film Festival 2026 with powerful films from Iran, Palestine, Sudan and beyond, exploring war, ...

Two senior figures from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) urged Turkish authorities to remove what they described as "obstacles" to progress in peace talks with Ankara, one year after the ...

Annemarie Jacir’s award-winning film Palestine 36 leads the nominations for the 10th edition of the Critics Awards For Arab Films, which were announced today. The annual prizes, organized by the Arab ...

On Monday evening, 27 April, Iraqi President Nizar Amidi tasked businessman Ali Al-Zaidi with forming a new government, following a months-long political deadlock. A statement from the Iraqi ...

With a new wave of Islamophobia in the U.S. after recent attacks on Iran, Ramy Youssef has come under fire for his Sesame Street appearance. The Golden Globe winner joked “it’s got to be tough” for ...

Dubai-based Rise Studios, which is headed by former Warner Bros. Discovery Middle East chief Amanda Turnbull, and Turkish sales and production company Inter Medya have started shooting “Caged Love” ...

Actor, Ibrahim Ali Khan is currently hogging the spotlight after a video featuring him was posted on social media. Recently, an influencer by the name of Shafia Shalbana from Istanbul, Turkey, shared ...

A proposed Saudi-Turkey railway would connect Makkah and Medina to Istanbul via Jordan and Syria, with feasibility studies expected to conclude by the end of the year. Saudi Transport Minister Saleh ...

The Turkish parliament voted on Wednesday to prevent children under the age of 15 from accessing social media platforms, state media agency Anadolu reported, the latest country to try such a ban.

Turkey is making efforts to revive negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told NATO Secretary General Mark ...