It could almost be described as biblical: the oldest evidence of a shipwreck ever found in the deep seas has been discovered off the north of Israel, dating...

Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims have died in Mecca as they performed the annual haj during a blistering heatwave. About 1.8 million Muslims descended on the holy...

As a “protected person of high risk”, Alejo Vidal-Quadras has several Metropolitan Police officers guarding the London hotel suite when we meet. But it is his...

On a cloudy morning in early spring, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Pramila Patten sat down to deliver her findings on sexual violence during...

A gunman fired shots at the American embassy in Beirut early on Wednesday, drawing retaliation from Lebanese soldiers and security guards. The Lebanese army...

The most highly decorated Royal Marine to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan has been held in Dubai for seven months accused of spying, The Times can reveal. The...

Twenty years ago this week, Frank Gardner was relaxing by the pool at the InterContinental hotel in Riyadh with his cameraman, Simon Cumbers. They had spent...

The leader of Hamas and deputy leader of Hezbollah were among mourners at the funeral of President Raisi of Iran, who died with seven others in a helicopter...

At about midnight the dance floor starts to fill, with a motley crowd of revellers shuffling to house music. There’s a young man in skinny trousers and...

Thousands of Iranians joined a funeral procession for Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday, days after the president was killed in a helicopter crash alongside his...