DUBAI: Higher oil prices are helping to offset increases in public spending by the Middle East’s oil exporting heavyweights like Saudi Arabia, with these...
DUBAI: In an effort to capitalize on a ratings bonanza for Arabic satellite channels during Ramadan, two comedies struck the wrong chord with audiences when...
RIYADH: Saudi women drove to work and ran errands Sunday, relishing the freedom to move about without relying on men after the kingdom lifted the world’s last...
OFF THE COAST OF JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The sky is clear, the sun is shining, and the sea is a glimmering turquoise. Nouf Alosaimi is on a discovery dive...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the second day of his visit to the United Arab Emirates Sunday by unveiling a model...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is preparing for the biggest budget in its history, announcing Tuesday record expenditures of 978 billion riyals ($261 billion) this...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced Monday it will allow cinemas to open next year, for the first time in more than 35 years. Movie theaters were shuttered in the...
DUBAI: Long-haul carrier Emirates purchased 40 American-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners Sunday at the start of the biennial Dubai Air Show, a $15.1 billion...
DUBAI: What’s your dream car to drive? Saudi women are asking that question after the kingdom announced that females would be granted licenses and be...
DUBAI: An Emirati filmmaker is pushing boundaries and bypassing government censors by delicately unraveling a story about a traditional family grappling with...
DUBAI: A diplomatic standoff between Qatar and four other Arab states that accuse it of sponsoring terrorism has turned a spotlight on an opaque network of...
DUBAI: The decision by four Arab nations to cut ties with Qatar marks the culmination of years of tension among a historically tightknit alliance of Gulf...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a directive to government offices that allows women greater access to government services...
DUBAI: Monster trucks, hip-hop dancing and Game of Thrones all have one surprising thing in common now: Saudi Arabia. The kingdom, which bans movie theaters...
DUBAI: A bill passed by Congress allowing the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the Saudi government has prompted reactions of outrage and ridicule among...
DUBAI: As summer temperatures soared outside, the world’s largest indoor theme park, featuring popular Marvel and Cartoon Network-branded rides, opened...
PARIS: The militant employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of one to three, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Daesh (ISIS) applicants, herded...
DUBAI: Will Smith was in the United Arab Emirates promoting the movie “Suicide Squad” Sunday, and he said his time in Dubai is also a chance to counter an...
Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a member of an independent human rights organization to eight years in prison in the latest...
DUBAI: Oil exporting countries in the Middle East lost a staggering $390 billion in revenue due to lower oil prices last year, and should brace for even...
SAN DIEGO: Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an...
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Advocate and lawyer Amal Clooney told an audience in the Middle East Sunday that governments around the world should be vocal,...
RIYADH: Iran and Saudi Arabia’s rivalry has played out in proxy wars across the region, and escalated further after the two severed diplomatic and trade ties...
DUBAI: U.S. aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney doesn’t just have a booth at this year’s Dubai Airshow. The company takes up two chalets outside the main...