Retirees and YouTubers, on package tours or lugging backpacks, are braving Iraq's still basic tourist infrastructure to visit ancient sites that rival those of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said Russia's oligarchs can continue to do business in his country so long as they respect national and international law.

Jordan imports crude from Iraq under an MoU that was signed by the two governments on January 28 last year.

Central Elections Commission chief Hanna Nasser said a number of candidates had been arrested for political reasons.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Saturday that a new deal on Iran's nuclear program would be sealed within days.

Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president for the country due to a lack of quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis.

The International Energy Agency approved a third term for executive director Fatih Birol as the organization seeks a faster transition to clean energy, it said Friday.

"Chadian parties have officially requested to Qatar to mediate in the peace negotiations," Qatar government’s special envoy for mediation said.

Migrants from African countries ravaged by war and poverty, make desperate bids to reach Europe through Mediterranean sea which is the world's deadliest migration route.

Analysts have said that "most" of the parties to Friday's meeting in Jordan are "historic allies and friends of Washington but are linked to Moscow."

The US State Department warned of possible sanctions Thursday after Iranian military officials attended a defense show in Qatar and exhibited some of Iran's military hardware. "We are deeply disappointed and troubled by the presence of Iranian military officials and reportedly Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers at the Doha...

This is expected to benefit over 7,100 people in the region, including 5,700 women and children.

Exports decreased in January 2022 by 16 percent compared to December 2021.

The "Digital Markets Act" (DMA) has sped through the bloc's legislative procedures and is designed to protect consumers.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will soon face his first major test in deciding on a new offshore oil project.

The UAE’s first mountain nature reserve, Fujairah’s Wadi Wurayah National Park, WWNP, has been put on the UAE’s tentative list of nominations for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The nomination has been submitted to UNESCO’S World Heritage Centre for assessment on the basis of the Outstanding Universal Value, OUV, of...

Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, discussed cooperation relations with the ambassadors of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) accredited to the UAE. The meeting also reviewed the friendship between the UAE and ASEAN countries and ways to develop them across various fields...

Tropical forests cool the world by more than 1 degree Celsius, increase rainfall, and shield people and crops from deadly heat, researchers have said. It shows that the climate benefits of trees go beyond sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air. In a new study released on Thursday, they...

Several other activities recorded an increase, namely transport and warehousing by 19.4 percent, wholesale and retail trade by 15.5 percent, real estate, professional, technical and administrative by 9.5 percent.

Some 80 percent of Yemen's population of about 30 million people depends on aid for survival, after years of a conflict that has killed almost 380,000 people, directly or indirectly, according to the UN.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced today the start of commercial operations of Unit 2 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant. Unit 2 adds 1,400 megawatts of zero-carbon emission electricity to the national grid, bringing the total produced by Units 1 and 2 to 2,800 megawatts and further securing...

Saudi Vice Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Khalid Saleh Al-Mudaifer estimated the total value of mineral wealth in Saudi Arabia at around $1.3 trillion.

The Jordanian Minister of Investment, Khairy Amr voiced Jordan's readiness to provide facilities for Indian investment in Jordan and invited Indian experts to his country for the purpose.

Hollywood A-listers are rarely shy about making political statements at the Academy Awards -- despite accusations of hypocrisy.

The parties will jointly establish a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to deliver talent training that addresses the cybersecurity capacity-building needs.

Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, said on Wednesday that its startup community secured AED 30 million ($8.1m) in 2021 through more than 20 corporate deals. Since its inception in 2019, the affiliated startups have bagged AED1.5 billion of investments and create about 1,000 jobs, while the aggregate valuation of...

Researchers are considering a mutual fund to compensate farmers in the event of losses linked to the reduction of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

Instead of being behind a camera, the winner of the EU's Sakharov rights prize has signed up as a territorial defense volunteer to fight back Moscow's invasion.

Save the children data showed that 18,000 Iraqi children and 7,300 minors from 60 other countries are stuck in Syrian camps.

"Color allows you brilliantly to describe people, but black-and-white allows you to feel people," Branagh said of his deeply personal drama about violence in 1960s Northern Ireland.

Chairman of Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction Committee Ambassador Mohammed Al Emadi announced cash assistance to needy families in the Gaza Strip. It is the disbursement of the March batch of cash assistance to Gaza families, which will begin Wednesday. Qatar Fund for Development will also cooperate with Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction Committee...

Vietnam has signed economic, trade and scientific-technological cooperation agreements with five GCC countries.

UNFPA reviewed key areas of cooperation with Jordan in the health sector, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Libyan authorities reopened the war-torn country's skies for domestic flights on Tuesday, an aviation official said, two weeks after they were grounded amid a tense political standoff.

Abramovich was among the individuals listed under new sanctions adopted by the European Union last week.

Evergrande has urged its investors to exercise caution as debt-ridden Chinese giant faces financial challenges.

Worshipers have been asked to wear masks when entering mosques and performing prayers.

Saudi Arabia Railways "SAR" has opened online booking of tickets for train services via the North Train to and from Al-Qurayyat Passenger Station. This is a part of its final preparations to operate the passenger train station in Al-Qurayyat. The services to Al-Qurayyat starts on March 31, 2022, with a...

An embargo on Russian oil imports, pushed for by some European countries over Moscow's military action in Ukraine, would have a direct impact on everyone, the Kremlin said Monday.

A head-on collision between two passenger trains injured 95 people on Monday morning in the south of the Tunisian capital, emergency services said.

Hala Al-Saeed, Egypt’s minister of planning and economic development, discussed ways to enhance future cooperation between Egypt and Saudi Arabia with Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, Saudi minister of trade. The discussions took place on the sidelines of the meetings of the Governance Council of the Arab-Africa Trade Bridges Program. Al-Saeed...

The value of the Egyptian pound shed 13 percent against the US dollar on Monday, registering 17.80 pounds against the greenback after a recent rise in inflation.

Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they had exhumed the remains of 85 Islamic State group fighters and their relatives from a mass grave in the northern city of Mosul. The remains of 35 people killed between 2016 and 2017 were dug up on Saturday while 50 were found on Sunday...

"As part of the Steel Week, one-to-one meetings were held with leading players in steel production and logistics industries based in the UAE," the Indian Ministry of Steel said in a statement.

Al-Hajraf said that the dialogue represents a platform to all Yemenis to end the dispute.

More than 2,000 Tunisians rallied on Sunday, the country's Independence Day, against President Kais Saied and a project he launched to gauge public opinion on proposed constitutional reforms.

The Ajman Business Women's Council and Umm Al-Moumineen Women's Association in Ajman will now work together to empower women. The two parties signed a pact regarding the same which also involves enhancing cooperation and implementing joint initiatives and projects related to women empowerment. Also, the pact aims to strengthen women's...

An estimated three quarters of a million ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the funeral Sunday of influential rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, known to followers as the "Prince of Torah", with Israeli authorities warning of dangers from massive overcrowding.

The AlUla Festival for Recreation and Relaxation, which is considered the largest festival of relaxation and wellness in the Gulf region and the first of its kind, began on Saturday in the Saudi tourist destination of AlUla. The festival kicked off with the opening of the “Five Senses Sanctuary”, which...

Kuwait’s Ministry of Education has said it will hire 1,000 non-Kuwaiti male and female teachers to fill the shortage in schools for the next academic year 2022-2023. Media reports said that an applicant must be a University graduate qualified to work in general education schools in 11 different specializations. The...