WEF24: Virunga battles deforestation, habitat loss
Climate finance plays a critical role in protecting Virunga National Park through innovative solutions like hydroelectric energy, director Emmanuel de...Arts & Culture
Saudi Arabia’s Madinah, KAEC, Al-Ahsa join UNESCO global network of learning cities
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has announced that the cities of Madinah, King...Arts & Culture Geostrategy Global
2,700-year-old wine press found in Iraq
The carvings - 12 panels measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two metres tall - date from the reigns...The carvings -- 12 panels measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two metres tall -- date from the reigns of Sargon II (721-705 BC) and his son Sennacherib
Iraq was the cradle of some world's earliest cities. It was once home to Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians
Picasso masterpieces fetch $108.9 million
Eleven masterpieces by Pablo Picasso fetched $108.9 million at a Sotheby's auction in Las Vegas on Saturday. Two iconic portraits...The works went under the hammer at the Bellagio hotel and casino, known for its extensive art collection
It sold for nearly $40.5 million after a starting price was estimated at $20-30 million
Award-winning Egypt film on poverty ruffles feathers
Feathers is a film about the struggles of a woman whose husband has been turned into a chicken.Feathers, the film, has been facing patriotic backlash for "presenting Egypt negatively"
However, director Omar El Zohairy is also being praised for shedding light on a genuine social problem
Tehran golf course’s vanishing holes worry players
The Enghelab golf course had 18 holes when it was built decades ago but over the years the fairways have...Tehran's tiny contingent of players feels lucky that they still have 13, but are fearful even more of the course may disappear.
Tehran's club has about 300 members, half of whom are women, but that's a minuscule number in a metropolis of more than eight million residents.
Political prisoners in Egypt revive rich writing from jail
Egypt has a long history of political prisoners turning to writing to capture their experiences in confinement.Several Egyptian poets have in recent times had their literature — written while they were in prison — published to varied acclaim
They include the likes of Abdel Fattah and Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma
Ronaldo wearing ‘wrong’ shirt at Dubai’s Madame Tussauds
Dubai's Madame Tussauds said Wednesday it will soon change the shirt of the wax figure of Cristiano Ronaldo after online...In August, Ronaldo returned to Manchester United in the English Premier League on a two-year contract with an option to extend that deal by a further season
"Each figure at the attraction has been captured in a moment of time and resembles an iconic part in their history"
Tehran film fest opens as Oscar-qualifying event
The designation as Oscar-qualifying event came despite high tensions between Washington and Tehran, which have had no diplomatic relations since...This year's festival competition received more than 6,400 entries from 128 countries -- 2,000 more than last year.
The festival, now in its 38th edition, has jury members from the Islamic republic as well as Italy, Japan, France and Austria.
Symbol of rebirth at Iraq’s historic Al-Nuri mosque
The historic mosque is being built under UNESCO's "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" initiative for rehabilitating Iraq's second city. UAE...The 12th-century mosque, known for its leaning minaret, was severely damaged in 2017.
Eight Egyptian architects won an international competition to reconstruct the mosque.
Nobel Prize eludes the Arab world
Egypt and Algeria have the largest number of Nobel winners in the Arab world, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the...Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are yet to produce a winner of the Nobel Prize
Palestine, Lebanon, Tunsia, Yemen, Morocco, and Iraq have seen at least one resident awarded the prize
Russian film crew return to Earth from space
The movie's plot, which has been mostly kept under wraps along with its budget, centres around a female surgeon who...The movie's plot, which has been mostly kept under wraps along with its budget, centres around a female surgeon who is dispatched to the ISS to save a cosmonaut
Shkaplerov, 49, and the two Russian cosmonauts who were already aboard the ISS are said to have cameo roles in the film
