As the global population grows, it will not do so equally everywhere. This map explores population growth—and decline.

Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and ...

The Alawite Muslim group was seen as privileged during the rule of former leader Bashar Assad but has suffered repeated violence since his fall.

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.