For 60 years, the United States has been talking democracy while propping up authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. That-s according to the current President, speaking at the invitation of the ...

For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia, voters are going to the polls nationwide, but only men are allowed to go to the polls, and it's not clear what they're voting for. Elections have ...

Democratic backsliding, shifting geopolitics and competing priorities have made it harder for Europeans to promote human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet the stability and prosperity of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Pentagon said Thursday it’s moving a carrier strike group toward the Middle East, as the Trump administration continues to threaten airstrikes against Iran. The USS Abraham Lincoln and ...