Portugal closed all schools and shuttered non-essential public services on Wednesday as a major Atlantic storm headed for the country's mainland. Streets…
An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's…
People suffering from stiff person syndrome (SPS), which affects Celine Dion, the singer, could soon benefit from a new medicine which improves symptoms. …
Portugal will shut schools and non-essential public services on Wednesday, with the government urging people to shelter from winds potentially reaching 140…
Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly…
Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistic Services Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser has launched in Riyadh a mega bus transport services project aimed at linking 200…
A grand palace owned by the late Prince Philip’s family has been left untouched for decades. But a £12.3million renovation of the home could finally see it…
The water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the…
A rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun cuts across the Americas on Saturday, stretching from Oregon to Brazil. For the small towns and cities along its…
The Saudi film “The Prisoner”, currently screening on Amazon Prime Video, focuses on marital problems. Shot in Egypt, the film is directed by Egyptian…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is…
In a working-class neighborhood of Myanmar's Yangon, plastic waste is piled a meter high, the toxic product of what a recent investigation said is rampant…
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) is participating in the second International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Leaders Forum, being held in…
Riyadh Season will host a UFC Fight Night in collaboration with UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization on Saturday, March 2, 2024. The…
The Hassan II Center for International Forums, in the Moroccan city of Asilah, recently hosted a collective exhibition by Moroccan-Spanish artist Said al…
Saudi Arabia is set to host and preside over the 9th Conference of Environment Ministers in the Islamic World. The conference, organized by the Ministry…
SRMG, the largest integrated media group from the MENA region, has unveiled Asharq Discovery, a new free-to-view Arabic-language infotainment platform, in…
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced that it has chosen Bahrain to host the 9th edition of the World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism 2024, the…
The Saudi Ministry of Education, in partnership with the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) and the King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for…
A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749…
China's National Bureau of Statistics will conduct a nationwide sample survey in November to help better plan population policies, in an unexpected poll as…
Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, inaugurated on Monday the Digital Universities MENA 2023 event, organized by Prince Sultan…
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday a roadmap to achieve its ambitious greening target of growing 10 billion trees under the Saudi Green Initiative, a project…
The 65-year-old cooking show “Kyo no Ryori,” or “Today’s Cooking,” in Japan has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running culinary…
The Cannes International Games Festival, whose first edition was supposed to be held this year, has been rescheduled to October 2024. The organizers said…
An adventurer has become the first Pakistani to travel into space, riding aboard Virgin Galactic’s fifth successful flight in five months. The US company…
A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is…
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has announced the launch of hydrogen train tests in the Kingdom, following the signing of an agreement with the French company…