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…
A painting by the artist Banksy, depicting Britain's parliament as chimpanzees, will soon go up for auction by the London-based Sotheby's between September 28…
Egypt has ordered Italy’s former honorary consul to stand trial in absentia over charges of attempting to smuggle thousands of artifacts out of the country,…
A Chinese businessman, who couldn't bear the loss of his beloved cat who died of a urinary tract infection at age 2, decided to clone his dead pet for $34,000…
Jack Thorne has no shortage of ways to characterize his own eccentricity. “I’m a slightly deranged adult.” “I’m not very good with other people.” “I’m mental.”…
Genetically modified mosquitoes have spread in Brazil after a field experiment aimed at fighting mosquitoes carrying viruses. In the latest issue of the…
An original page of Tintin will be auctioned in Paris on September 18. The item is an original page created by Hergé for the Tintin album, "The Shooting…
A family who got stranded atop a 40-foot waterfall during a camping trip in the California woods turned their reusable water bottle into a cry for help that…
A village in the Philippines is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in exchange for their trash. According to…
A once splendid but long dilapidated Egyptian palace built for a trailblazing Ottoman governor is being restored to its former glory and is on course to open…
An Egyptian masseur plays with fire to relieve his clients’ muscle pain at his spa in the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbeya. Abdel Rehim Saeid, 35, applies…
Saudi Arabia will open its doors to tourists from around the world by the end of 2019, the head of the Saudi Tourism and Heritage Authority, Ahmad al-Khatib,…
The Sunday Times newspaper reported that Disney has signed a deal to rent most of Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, about 20 miles west of London, stepping…
More than half of patients with lung cancer responded to an experimental drug from Amgen Inc. that targets a genetic driver of the disease previously…
Malaria can be eradicated within 30 years, and the WHO should not shy away from this "goal of epic proportions," global health experts have said. In a major…
A rare Arabian leopard was caught on camera in the Sultanate of Oman, The National newspaper reported. The cat set off infrared cameras in the Dhofar…
A row of wheelchairs floats on the water in a beach in the northern Moroccan city of Tangier, awaiting the arrival of disabled visitors wishing to swim in the…
When you have just directed the biggest blockbuster movie of all time, you earn the clout to dictate terms with even the highest executives in Hollywood. …
A new survey in Germany found that a large number of Germans skeptical about the usefulness of electric cars and autonomous driving. The survey, which was…
A blood-pressure-lowering program incorporating the cultural dance of hula has lowered blood pressure among native Hawaiians, more than standard diet and…
On the occasion of International Literacy Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published a report saying Palestine has one of the world's…
The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), in cooperation with the British SI-UK, hosted on Sunday the Saudi-British Higher education meeting. …
It’s easier to imagine the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, best known as bombastic cringe humor icons like Ali G and Borat Sagdiyev, playing a subtle…
The most breathtaking subway exit in the world may be the one at Place de l’Opéra in Paris. Its final steps lead to a postcard-ready view of the sensational…
The Egyptian government has taken new measures to take the notorious tuk-tuks off the streets and will replace them with safer vehicles. The issue of the tuk…