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…
Hundreds of thousands of people in more than 90 countries are expected to take part in demonstrations this weekend to protest the failure of politicians to…
Actors and characters of Middle Eastern and North African descent are either ignored by TV or stereotyped, according to a new study. The few such actors who…
The Syrian regime is trying in vain to return economic life back to normal in a country ravaged by war for eight years. The deteriorating reality imposed…
The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and…
The Saudi General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM) signed on Sunday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the iflix Middle East and North Africa…
On a seaside podium in Lebanon, Halim el-Achkar locks hands with an opponent, exerting pressure until he slams both contestants' forearms down with a fearsome…
Pakistani artist Basir Mahmood’s solo exhibition entitled "Eyes Recently Seen" was launched on Thursday (September 6) at Letitia Gallery in Beirut. Curated by…
Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum has faced dinosaurs and aliens in his movies, but he showed off a very different skill…playing jazz music. The “Jurassic Park…
Its fields are lined with natural bushes, aromatic herbs and flowers, and the ground is paved with pebbles and gray rock tiles to cool the place. In the middle…
Florence has launched a new campaign to face mass tourism by banning visitors from eating Panini, pizza and focaccia on the pavement and on shop doorsteps…
The world’s largest offshore wind farm has opened on Thursday off the northwest coast of England where Danish energy group Orsted unveiled the Walney Extension…
Dubai will witness on November 11 the inauguration of an art center that will boost the city's status as a hub for international events and institutions. …
High blood pressure — which has no symptoms or warning signs — can harm your blood vessels, heart, brain, eyes, and kidneys. An estimated 46% of adults in the…
A military secret for combatting sleepless nights has been revealed recently. And unlike what most people may think, it doesn't involve marching through a…
All men, without exception, are banned from entering a new hookah cafe in the German capital Berlin. Even its owner Mohammed Armih does not enter the shop…
Unlike most people who like to visit beautiful places during their holidays, a certain type of tourists do not want to see a beach, mountain, museum or temple…
The Saudi National Museum in Riyadh will host a three-month exhibition of ancient Chinese relics, announced the Saudi Press Agency on Monday. The exhibition…
The emirate of Sharjah is preparing to host narrators, scholars and researchers from around the world this month to participate in the 18th edition of the…
A 95-year-old British veteran of World War Two broke his own record as the world’s oldest scuba diver after taking the plunge to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus…
Two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates will be heading to the International Space Station, a first for the Gulf nation. UAE Vice President and Ruler…
The Library of Alexandria will be implementing a series of cultural projects in association with a number of Iraqi universities and cultural institutions,…
Archaeologists in Egypt said Sunday they have found one of the oldest-known villages in the Nile Delta dating back to the Neolithic era before the pharaohs. …
Scientists have developed a new painkiller, which has the same morphine effect when given at a hundred times lower dose. The new drug is still under trial…
Executives at Gillette have for decades defined shaving as a rite of passage. The company famously mails out free razors — with “welcome to manhood” cards —…