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…
Battered by air strikes, the main stadium in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria hosted a soccer friendly on Wednesday, re-opening after three…
Jordanian-Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nasrallah’s “The Second War of the Dog” won on Tuesday the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), the most…
Pobeda, a Russian carrier, plans to take advantage of the “stand up travel” innovation, aiming to boost its revenues by increasing the number of passengers on…
A 29-year-old man has been fined 800 pound ($1,120) by a Scottish court, after being convicted of posting a "grossly offensive" video, showing his dog, a pug,…
A huge international scientific project aims to sequence the biological code (genome) of all creatures on this planet within 10 years. Under the…
With stomping feet, swinging hips, a drumbeat and lots of laughter, two Syrian migrants lead a group of Germans and others in traditional Arab dance at a…
The Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed the military wheel and the third funerary bed that belonged to pharaoh Tutankhamun. The delivery is part of an…
Visitors of a park in the city of Hirosaki in northern Japan are treated every year to a cherry blossom festival. Visitors are amazed at the breathtaking sight…
A new report on drivers’ habits found that Americans need to get off their phones while they are behind the wheel. The findings were based on data…
A team of Australian researchers have developed a new generation of clothes that keep track of its wearer’s activity by using strain-sensing textile fibers…
The United Arab Emirates announced on Monday that the Gulf state will offer $50 million to rebuild Mosul’s Great Mosque of al-Nuri that was destroyed during…
There are few places in the world more hazardous for umbrellas than the Netherlands, a country under constant assault by stiff winds and pelting rain. Like…
A new study conducted by a team of specialized physicians suggests that walking barefoot promotes children’s physical development. The research was conducted…
After more than a century, Central Park will return its roads to walkers, runners and cyclists. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Central Park will kick out…
Behind the apartment’s curtain, a tough guy is boxing, enough to make any passing criminal think twice before breaking in. The image is nothing more than a…
A Cambodian man murdered his ex-wife and then jumped off a bridge in a suicide that he broadcast live on Facebook, police said on Friday, in the first such…
The Aston Martin Vanquish owned by James Bond actor Daniel Craig, numbered with the character's signature 007, sold at auction in New York on Friday for $468…
Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has canceled her participation in a ceremony in Israel to accept a $2 million prize because she did not want to be seen…
Princess Diana would approve of her son Prince Harry’s marriage to US actress Meghan Markle, according to author Andrew Morton whose famous biography of the…
The Dubai International Film Festival will be held once every two years, organizers announced on Wednesday. "The strategic shift aims to embrace the…
After three years of outstanding services, writer and journalist Ghassan al-Imam, who has enriched Asharq Al-Awsat’s newspaper with his articles for over three…
Megan Markle will join fiance Prince Harry as a Youth Ambassador of the Commonwealth, revealed the royal at the opening of a Commonwealth forum discussing…
Amid a prospering tourism sector in Japan, a renowned park in the Nara region has started offering tips in English, Japanese and Chinese, on how to safely feed…
Researchers from the United States and Britain accidentally engineered an enzyme that eats plastic. The landmark development may eventually help solve the…