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…
When visiting the newly restored private apartments of the Duke of Aumale at the Château de Chantilly outside Paris, you could easily think you were seeing the…
Hunger continues to rise as conflicts and protracted crises have worsened in the Middle East since 2011, which is likely to affect food security for years to…
Baghdad’s once loud and bustling coppersmiths market, Safafeer, is losing more and more of the visitors it used to attract each year. Major changes in…
Although people with type 2 diabetes, especially those with serious cases, are allowed not to fast during Ramadan, the majority of them insist on fasting,…
Women work four hours and 26 minutes every day without being paid in many countries worldwide. The International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva…
An Italian museum plans to carry out DNA tests on a lock of hair it believes might have belonged to the Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, who died 500…
Sudanese artist Rashid Drar used to work from home. Now the 44-year-old's canvas is any empty piece of wall he can find by a month-long sit-in outside the…
Around 5,000 people gathered at a Swedish dairy farm on Saturday to watch a herd of very 'happy cows' jump at their first chance of the year to run free into…
A new technique to identify people by looking at parts of their faces and without seeing the full facial features of the targeted person is under testing. …
A team of researchers at the US Purdue University are currently working on developing rescue measures by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems and machine…
The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) said a record-breaking hot summer for the UK in 2018 meant a jump in numbers of two-thirds of UK butterfly species. …
Every evening at the Muntada al-Masrah theater on Baghdad's Rashid street, the cast and crew of the first TV drama filmed in Iraq in seven years take their…
Egypt uncovered on Saturday a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids. Located on the southeastern side of the Giza plateau, the cemetery…
A new study suggests that children are more likely to survive to early adulthood than they were in past years, but progress has been concentrated in higher…
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud patronized at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh Thursday evening the finals of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques…
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court called on all the citizens and residents of the kingdom to look out on Saturday, May 4, for the crescent moon signaling the…
UAE's Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship said on Wednesday it started implementing a cabinet decision to issue five-year visas to eligible…
Saudi Arabia inaugurated on Wednesday the National Aviation Academy that would train pilots and teach the bases of aircraft maintenance. Prince Sultan bin…
An artist who interviewed former inmates of a notorious Syrian prison for a sound installation is among finalists for the prestigious Turner Prize. Beirut…
At a Gaza beachfront skatepark, Palestinian youngsters on skateboards and rollerblades zip around curves and jump over concrete obstacles to the delight of…
Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the Saudi Society for the Preservation of Industrial Heritage, chaired by Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, the…
The United Arab Emirates government, in cooperation with the World Economic Forum (WEF), inaugurated the Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution that aims to…
Abdelkader Ouazzani, the last of Morocco's brocade master weavers, has been repeating the same gestures for 63 years in his dilapidated workshop in the heart…
Iran's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" has been banned from airing after leading clerics issued a fatwa against the game show. Supreme leader…