A road trip among ordinary Saudis revealed high hopes, and hardly any worries, about the country's new political era.

King Salman's son Mohammed is now the desert kingdom's dominant figure—and the challenges before him are huge.

I have been traveling most of this week, watching events in the Middle East unfold from the American heartland.  The reaction among many of the people there was a mix of shock, anxiety, and fear.  Th…

A member of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) gestures in front of a portrait of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a pro-U.S. rally as the group celebrates bin Laden's killing, in Noida…