A plethora of initiatives have sprung up with the goal of reinventing the country along with political change. 'Thawra' has generated...

Agreement between agriculture ministry and Dubai's ICBA aimed at conserving natural resources. Kingdom's biosaline agriculture research...

The UAE is taking workplace wellness to the next level by promoting the WELL Building Standard, which aims to boost employee performance...

Sweden's Azelio has tied up with UAE's Masdar and Khalifa University for Science and Technology. Tests to determine if Azelio's storage...

The UAE is viewed as a gateway for around 60 per cent of Chinese exports to the Middle East. As the geo-economic centre of the world...

Immersed in the spirit of change, Lebanese citizens have been participating in an array of activities to start their new chapter on the...

Lebanon has not witnessed such scenes of public solidarity since the 1975 civil war. Ordinary people are at the end of their tether as...

The meetings, analysts said, reflected a turning point in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign policy as Saudi Arabia and the United...

This week's edition of The Foreign Desk on Monocle 24, the radio station of the British Monocle magazine, discussing the Gulf after oil....

The 12th-century Iraqi monument was blown up by retreating Daesh fighters in 2017. The project is part of a $100 million UNESCO-led...

The United Arab Emirates is the 19th country to send a citizen to the ISS and contribute to scientific research in space. Mansoori will...

“Being an entrepreneur and a woman in the Kingdom has been a challenge but it’s going well so far," said Saudi fashion designer Renad...

Riyadh hosted the seventh Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Information Security Conference on Sept 8 & 9 The size of the Kingdom's...

OPEC-backed internship aims to build a cadre of young Arab energy professionals. Six interns have begun work at the Cairo regional...

A $3 million contribution to FAO by the Gulf state will benefit 20,000 farmers and herders. FAO is helping vulnerable people in countries...

The MENA region is home to 12 of the world's 17 most water-stressed countries, says a new report. The idea of “Day Zero” is meant to...

Iraqi city’s unsafe water causes water-borne disease outbreaks and economic hardship. A Human Rights Watch study says pollution,...

AWLA fellowships are designed to develop a cadre of scientists for leadership roles in agriculture. A total of 22 scientists from across...

A plan for transporting icebergs to the UAE holds promise for freshwater-starved Gulf countries and the world. Water scarcity is a big...

Many challenges are intersecting, such as climate change and poverty, ESCWA points out. The region requires more support to address these...