Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators trying to move towards a settlement of the four-year war pitting Kyiv against Moscow opened ‌their latest round of talks in Florida on Saturday, with more discussions ...

For the first half of the twentieth century, Sudan was a joint protectorate of Egypt and the United Kingdom, known as the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. Egypt and the United Kingdom signed a treaty ...