Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a…
India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility…
Domestic cats meow differently depending on whether their human caretakers are present in the room or not, scientists confirm in a new study published by The…
For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding, has…
Britain's wealthiest people have lost tens of billions of pounds in the coronavirus pandemic as their combined annual wealth fell for the first time in a…
A Saudi research team at the Research Center of King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH) developed a diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 that has…
For many Muslim families, Ramadan is one of the most social months of the year. In the United States, mosques host large meals, catered by local restaurants…
In an attempt to fight reef bleaching caused by global warming, a team of Australian scientists managed to develop a new type of coral that is more resistant…
Business owners consider the reopening of Dubai's gold market, which is one of the world´s biggest ones, a vital move towards normality ahead of the autumn…
The Lebanese are not planning for a normal summer vacation like past years, but as temperatures rise, they do not plan on living the same way they have during…
New York's Broadway theaters will not reopen until at least the sixth of September, the Broadway League announced without setting a date for resuming…
Chedli Klibi, who had been among the most prominent political and cultural figures of modern Tunisian history and the only non-Egyptian Secretary-General of…
Ramadan drummers, also known as musaharatis, have always been loudly heard during the holy month to awaken the faithful for their pre-dawn meal. Although…
With concerts on hold to halt coronavirus spread, the gaming world is increasingly catering to music lovers, with artists becoming animated performers in…
Manuscripts are an intellectual and literary treasure that have documented human life since man began to write. They are an honest record of the history of…
About 200 million years ago, a brutal underwater attack took place in the Atlantic. A squid-like creature, armed with 10 tentacles studded with hooks, swam up…
Five people will be chosen to borrow a perfect, 3D print of a Van Gogh masterpiece in their home for two weeks. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is shut to…
In his Cairo living room, Egyptian Ashraf al-Helw reprimanded his lioness Joumana for not obeying him after bringing her home for live-streamed performances…
Queen Elizabeth may never return to regular frontline royal duties if Covid-19 restrictions render public engagements unsafe for years. Buckingham Palace will…
In a bustling square of Egypt's capital, four sphinx-like statues stand in wooden crates ahead of a planned unveiling ceremony following their controversial…
Beirut-based designer Bokja specializes in making upholstered furniture with vintage fabric but the studio’s workers now dedicate their time to sewing colorful…
It’s been eleven years since Nahida al-Nimir, also known as Umm Mohammed, opened up her small seasonal business of selling qatayef, an Arab dessert commonly…
Since its closure in mid-March, the halls are eerily quiet at Madrid's Reina Sofia. The museum used to be crowded with art lovers and students who come to…
A team of researchers from the Michigan State University shed light on enigmatic, yet captivating giant microbes that retain the ability to infect after 30,000…
Italian architects are urging to reduce the risk of future pandemics by encouraging people to leave cities and repopulate abandoned villages in the mountains…
Usually the kingdom of water tanks and satellite dishes, Lebanon's rooftops have recently been graced by unlikely scenes of locked-down residents fleeing their…
Hani Al-Jahani, a Saudi surgeon working at a hospital in the French city of Colmar, succeeded in removing the brain tumor of a young Kuwaiti girl. The patient…
Two huge international police operations targeting the trade in stolen artworks and archaeological artifacts in 103 countries have led to the arrest of 101…