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ROME: An Italian MEP known as the “doctor of migrants” has blamed EU inaction for the situation in the Mediterranean at a speech in the city of Florence. Pietro Bartolo, who sits in the European

DUBAI: Through their 2011 installation, The Paris-based Lebanese duo reflect on their 2011 installation, inspired by the Lebanese Rocket Society from the 1960s. Lebanese Rocket Society. (Supplied)

DUBAI: The silence atop Table Mountain on a cloudless afternoon in December is an experience only the COVID-19 pandemic could have brought. As one of the most popular hikes (or cable-car rides, if

LONDON: As the 30th anniversary of the end of the Gulf War approaches, much interesting historical detail and context can be found by reviewing official UK government documents that were only made

ISTANBUL: The Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey has released their annual report, highlighting the challenges and violations of religious freedom they faced over the past year. Chief among

DUBAI: Lebanese blogger and entrepreneur Karen Wazen has landed herself a new fashion campaign, this time with Italian luxury label Prada. The fashion house is unveiling its fall-winter 2021

LONDON: Ahmad Zaki Yamani, the longest-serving Saudi petroleum minister who oversaw the implementation of the oil embargo of 1973, is considered among the towering figures of the global energy
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CAIRO: At least 41 people drowned over the weekend when their boat capsized in the Central Mediterranean, the UN said on Wednesday, the latest shipwreck involving migrants fleeing conflict-stricken

CAIRO: At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighboring Sudan, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, amid heightened tensions between

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting the stability of the oil markets and the sustainability of global supplies, the Kingdom’s cabinet said. The announcement was made during the cabinet’s

LOS ANGELES: French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim is paving the way for Arab talent with his Golden Globe nominated performance in “The Mauritanian.” Even alongside legendary actor and fellow nominee

The Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) on Monday announced that it will allow investment fund managers to use the fair value or revaluation model to measure property and investment property for the

Wells Fargo & Co. said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its asset management business, which manages more than $603 billion on behalf of customers, to private equity firms GTCR LLC and Reverence

RIYADH: The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) on Monday unveiled the headquarters of the World Defense Show to be held in Riyadh on March 6-9, 2022. The design of the facility has been

RIYADH: Justice Minister Dr. Walid bin Mohammed Al-Samaani on Monday inaugurated the electronic platforms of the Justice Training Center. It includes the center’s online portal, a training platform,

DUBAI: Last month, it was announced that “Aladdin” star Mena Massoud would be starring in a new Egyptian feature film “Fe Ez El-Dohr,” and now the film’s first poster is here. This week, the

Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Saturday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb.

PARIS: The head of European planemaker Airbus called on Saturday for a “cease-fire” in a transatlantic trade war over aircraft subsidies, saying tit-for-tat tariffs on planes and other goods had

RIYADH: Ahead of the 2021 Diriyah E-Prix double-header on Friday, Arab News caught up with Reema Al-Juffali, one of Saudi Arabia’s rising stars in motorsports. Al-Juffali, 29, talked about Formula E,

MAKKAH: Tareq Mohammed, a specialist in cave tourism from Madinah, is opening the door to a new world of geotourism in Saudi Arabia. Tourism guidance is Mohammed’s life, and the Kingdom’s caves and

LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will patronize the Saudi Cup ceremony that will take place on Saturday evening at the King Abdul Aziz Racecourse in Janadriyah. The world’s

DUBAI: Egyptian director Manal Khaled’s feature film “Trapped” is set to premiere at the US South by Southwest Festival, due to be held from March 16-20. The film, directed and produced by Khaled,

NAIROBI: The scale of violence in South Sudan is “a lot worse” than during the country’s five-year civil war, a United Nations commission announced Friday, accusing senior officials of supporting

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Thursday said it has returned two shepherds who crossed into Israeli territory back to Syria, a development that an Israeli official said was part of a prisoner swap
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