The Lord of the Rings is known for Middle-earth, but Middle-earth is just one continent in Arda, which is the world within E ...

T he Lord of the Rings books by J.R.R. Tolkien and the films focused on a single ring in the entire trilogy. The Dark Lord ...

SINGAPORE - Developments in the Middle East have thrown up several hard lessons for Asian countries, including the point that the use of force to settle scores seems to be an acceptable course of ...

Over several decades, the Middle East has experienced many large-scale, cross-border displacements for myriad reasons. The original forced displacement of Palestinians surrounding the creation of ...

WASHINGTON—As Israel prepares a retaliatory strike against Iran, the Biden administration increasingly resembles a spectator, with limited insight into what its closest Middle East ally is ...

The US has strengthened its military posture consistently in the Middle East over the last year following the breakout of the war between Israel and Hamas, with tensions increasing further ...

With the war in Gaza still ongoing, fears of an all-out regional conflict in the Middle East remain high. How big a danger is this threat of further escalation? For BBC InDepth, we asked a range ...

There is One Ring to Rule them all, but what about the rest of them? Here’s your guide to every single ring in ‘The Rings of ...

The Dark Lord Sauron forged a master ring—the “One to Rule Them All”—that granted him power over all other magical rings of the Elves, Dwarves, and men of Middle Earth, which he had a part ...

The Pentagon is preparing to send more troops and aircraft to the region. This is an overview of the U.S. military presence there. U.S. Naval deployments this week Long-term U.S. military bases ...