Syrian kindergarten shelling
Shells fired Sunday by Syrian government forces on a kindergarten near Damascus have killed at least six children. More fatalities are expected. The shells hit…
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The number of tourists from Dubai to Azerbaijan increased since early 2016
Azerbaijan received 22,000 tourists in the nine months of 2016, sector head in planning and development division of Azerbaijan’s Culture and Tourism Ministry, Mahir Gahramanov…
One in 10 Saudi women would rather not marry. Why?
The General Authority of Statistics has put the rate of spinsterhood among Saudi women at 10.07 percent. This means that one in every 10 women…
Arabian city names and the meanings behind them
The origins of these names will probably surprise you. Arab city names: you know many of them, but do you know the meanings behind them?…
Egypt: 2,000-year-old woman was ‘brought back to life’ – Video
Earlier this year scientists from the University of Melbourne and Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine rediscovered the mummified head of Meritamun, an Egyptian woman who…
Taxi launches Brake Plus system in Dubai
RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) has recently fitted taxicabs with a four-way flasher system that automatically operates once the driver applies the brake to slow…
Grandson of Saddam injured in accident
Mesut Uday Saddam Hussein, the grandson of Iraq’s overthrown leader Saddam Hussein, had a motorcycle accident near Turkey’s southwestern resort town of Muğla, reports said…
Tough resistance for Iraq
Extremist fighters unleashed a deluge of bombs and gunfire on Friday on Iraqi forces punching into the streets of Mosul for the first time, forcing…
Helicopter of Russia hit by ISIS rocket – Video
Islamic State’s news agency Amaq has released a video which purportedly shows a Russian helicopter being destroyed by an IS rocket in Syria. The Russian…
The best expensive luxury hotels in Middle East
The Burj Al Arab has been ranked as the most expensive luxury hotel in the Middle East, according to a recent survey conducted by Luxury-Hotels.com….