Middle East

Protesters gathered outside Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s office in Clayton Wednesday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive…

When she was just 17 years old, Zuhal Sultan founded the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq during a time of great turmoil in her country. A pianist…

(Updated 5:37 P.M. Thr., Sept. 18)The Senate voted Thursday to approve a $1 trillion stop-gap spending plan to keep the federal government operating until…

On the eve of the 13th anniversary of 9/11, and after the gruesome beheadings of two American journalists, President Barack Obama told the American people…

Update July 29: The St. Louis Arches arrived safely in the city this morning. The nine performers and three adults had their stay in Israel extended for…

As the Consul General to the Midwest, Roey Gilad travels between 11 Midwest states representing Israeli interests. This week he visited St. Louis for the…

Today President Obama addresses the U.S. State Department on the events in the Middle East and North Africa and U.S. policy in the region. You can listen…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 8, 2011 - As the "Arab spring" uprisings continue to roil countries in the Middle East and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 6, 2011 - Much has been made of the protesters' use of social media in the revolutions in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 1, 2011 - WASHINGTON -- As the calls for reform intensify in Egypt -- with a massive protest…