The two young Israeli embassy employees killed by a gunman at a Jewish museum in Washington had big dreams of building bridges and promoting dialogue in the conflict-ridden Middle East, according to people who knew them.

As U.S. President Trump leaves the Middle East, his tour concludes with major deals and notable diplomatic shifts.

Up and down Wall Street, executives are readying new plans to expand in the Middle East, days after countries across the region flexed that they have more than $2 trillion of firepower to put to work in the US.

Trump has been escalating pressure on leaders in the Middle East to up their investment in the United States.

In addition to the Carl Vinson, a second U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, was sent to the Middle East, where it has been operating in the Red Sea. A satellite image shows the Harry S. Truman transiting the Suez Canal in Egypt on Saturday on a northward voyage.

FAW Trucks, China's largest truck maker by sales, believes it will be able to eventually sell more than 10,000 trucks a year in the Middle East and is seeking local partners to reach that goal, its chairman said on Wednesday.

Ambassador Edward Djerejian, a Belfer Center senior fellow, says reaching a comprehensive agreement for peace and stability will require new governments in Israel and Palestine, and a strong diplomatic effort by the Trump administration.

Saudi Arabia reported nine cases and two deaths from MERS-CoV infection that occurred between March 1 and April 21, 2025.

Tensions between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were already bubbling up before the president visited three of America’s key Arab allies.

Members of the MENASA club at Harriton High School said they'd invited a Syrian refugee to speak but the talk was changed after some parents complained the speaker had expressed antisemitic views.

Chinese journalism is expanding its footprint across the Middle East in ways that sharply diverge from Western outlets like CNN.