As Eid Al-Fitr approaches, online shopping is expected to reach new heights, with anticipated growth in categories like flowers, cakes, sweets sets, and themed gift hampers.

Tracing its roots back 2,700 years, the picturesque Kurdish town of Akre says it is better adapted to the modern-day perils of climate change than other parts of Iraq. "Stone houses are far more resistant" to the rising temperatures and also preserve the town's unique character, said Mayor Baland Reda...

Researchers examined whether they had served as containers for the drug, which earlier writing had suggested was used in burial rituals in Canaan, and found "opium residue in eight vessels", the researchers said in a statement. These were likely "placed in graves for ceremonial meals, rites and rituals performed by...

The Libyan city of Gharyan sculpted a reputation for ceramics generations ago, but fragile demand is forcing potters to seek new markets on Instagram and Facebook. Muayyad al-Shabani didn't even start out in the craft. He earned a physics degree but struggled to find a job in a country whose...

The renaming is seen as the assertion of a cultural element that expresses the Saudi identity and reflects the people's relation with coffee and the tradition of its preparation and serving.

Organizers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar hope to attract 1.2 million tourists to the Gulf country, an official said, hosting them in traditional hotels and "innovative" accommodation.