YULONG XUESHAN, China: The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun as...
CHABAISH, Iraq: In the southern marshlands of Iraq, Firas Fadl steers his boat through tunnels of towering reeds, past floating villages and half-submerged...
DUBAI: A Dubai firm’s dream of towing icebergs from the Antarctic to the Arabian Peninsula could face some titanic obstacles. Where many see the crumbling...
WADI ABDAH, Oman: Deep in the jagged red mountains of Oman, geologists are drilling in search of the holy grail of reversing climate change: an efficient and...
BANDAR AL-ROWDAH, Oman: The Gulf of Oman turns green twice a year, when an algae bloom the size of Mexico spreads across the Arabian Sea all the way to India....
QASR BSHIR, Jordan: The helicopter door opens and Robert Bewley leans out hundreds of feet above the Hisban Roman ruins outside Amman, Jordan. Feet on the...
AMMAN: An Iraqi self-taught dancer who defied conservativism and threats ahead of his stage debut last year was among the scores killed in a massive suicide...
The Obama administration's diplomatic point man in the fight against the Islamic State group said Sunday that the extremists have been losing control over...
WADI AL-QATTAFI, Jordan: For a brief time, Jordan’s eastern desert blooms. The dozens of mesas commanding the bleak horizons are now skirted with vegetation....
AMMAN: Jordan has banned a performance by a Lebanese rock band on religious grounds, spurring criticism of the Western-allied kingdom, which portrays itself...
SIQ AL-BARID, Jordan: Recent heavy rains caused flash floods across the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, forcing authorities to close the gates of the famed Petra...
AMMAN: A website created by two young Jordanians in a coffee shop six years ago has become the most popular site in Arabic, highlighting a vast vacuum: less...
AMMAN: Circassian guards, who have served Jordan’s kings since the founding of the monarchy, still adhere to their ancient traditions, such as donning an...
AMMAN: When Syrian war refugee Lina Mahameed saw TV reports of the recent Paris attacks, she recognized her own story reflected in the brutality. The...
AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan: For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of...
AMMAN, Jordan: As a boy in pre-war Baghdad, Adil Faraj dreamed of becoming a dancer, inspired by a Michael Jackson performance he watched on DVD.For over a...