Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
Empire State of Mind: In Praise of New York’s Second-Tallest — and Most Beloved — Building
When 1 World Trade Center reaches its final, dizzying height, topped off with a distinctive stainless-steel spire, the glass-sheathed structure will be the...
Obama in Saudi Arabia
The President makes his first stop on a historic tour of the Mideast
Life and Commerce in Saudi Arabia
TIME looks at the Saudi people as they mix a traditional lifestyle with modern conveniences
LIFE in the Middle East: Power and Petroleum in the Gulf in 1945
Oil. A simple word that for much of the 20th century, and well into the 21st, has meant unimaginable wealth for a very few; plentiful and (for a time, at least)...
Secretary of State John Kerry’s First Overseas Trip
Three weeks after succeeding Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State, the long-time Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate left on a ten-day inaugural trip...
President Bush in the Middle East
The President concludes his nine-day tour of the Middle East, taking in the likes of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt along the way
Saudi Women in Focus
The changing role of women in Saudi Arabia Photographs by Kate Brooks for TIME
Looking Back on Obama's Overseas Trips
The U.S. President visits France, Germany, Egypt and Saudi Arabia on his historic tour of the Middle East
