Piano teacher and grandmother of seven Kimberly Ghedi used to think 60 was a death sentence.
In the workplace, it is one thing to deal with bias that is obvious and out in the open.
The events of the last tumultuous 20 months in Lebanon can be told through the birth, growth, and end of one coffee shop in Mar Mikhael whose lifespan became a manifestation of the devastating impact of a collapsing state.
Employers can in principle ban staff from wearing headscarves in the workplace, an EU court ruled Thursday in two cases brought by Muslim women working in Germany.
Working long hours filling up gas, Amani Muneimneh challenges gender stereotypes beneath a scorching sun and facing long fuel queues.
A French court handed down suspended prison sentences of between four to six months to 11 people on Wednesday who were found guilty of harassing a teen online...
While healthier lifestyles and greater awareness of climate issues have encouraged a rise in veganism around the world, some Lebanese are taking it up out of...
Vivid dried flowers were sold by many stalls and succulents seemed a popular choice, both of which take less active care for those lacking a green thumb and...
Savitri Devi has been searching for work since she lost her job at a garment factory in New Delhi, along with half her co-workers, when sales plummeted a...
British health authorities have urged more pregnant women to get coronavirus jabs after a national study found the Delta variant appeared to increase their...
Google on Monday unveiled a new flagship Pixel smartphone powered by its first mobile chip to put artificial intelligence in people's hands.
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely...
A super cruise ship has departed Saudi Arabia for the first time, setting sail for regional waters as the kingdom seeks to expand its tourism industry and...
London's Heathrow Airport urged Britain to open up travel to vaccinated passengers after its recovery fell behind hubs elsewhere in Europe, pushing its...
German luxury carmaker Daimler said Thursday it was investing 40 billion euros ($47 billion) in a full shift to electric Mercedes-Benz vehicles by the end of...
Volkswagen said on Tuesday it expected battery electric vehicles to account for half of its global vehicle sales by 2030, as Europe's largest carmaker...
A young woman in California, newly vaccinated, flashes a smile and a peace sign as she poses for a prom photo with her pals.
As the morning sun bakes the orange dunes of the UAE desert, a man lowers himself into a tinkling tub of ice.
Heated tobacco: a less harmful alternative to smoking
While businesses across Lebanon are fighting to survive a monumental economic meltdown, the coastal city of Batroun is thriving as a tourist destination for...
A Dubai princess who has been the subject of concern from a United Nations panel after being seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018 appeared in a social...
Pyramids, Tutankhamun masks, Nefertiti busts -- Egypt's souvenir-makers are pinning their hopes on a new lease of economic life, after tourism was battered by...
Ferrari V12 production cars were suspended over the factory floor Sunday night as the 74-year-old luxury carmaker launched a new era as a lifestyles brand,...
Moscow's mayor said on Sunday the city would give away free cars in a prize draw for residents who get the COVID-19 shot in an effort to speed up the sluggish...
Over 150 people will unite around the world this weekend for Together LiBeirut’s fundraising campaign, the 19.8 Beirut Global Sports Challenge.
At some of Beirut's most popular nightclubs, where the Middle East's jet set would gather and dance into the early hours, the music has stopped and disco...
A herd of wild elephants in southwestern China have been captured on camera taking a breather from a 500-kilometre march of chaos that has caused more than $1...
Key Indian cities re-opened for business on Monday, with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai after a devastating second wave of coronavirus...
Only goats seeking shade now use the long-abandoned lines of Soviet-era T-34 tanks, but the rusting relics point to the strategic value that Yemen's Socotra...
A smashed goldfish bowl, panicked birds in a cage, scores of animals needing treatment.
Kuwaiti businessman Jassem Buabbas has spent years breeding "superworms" for animal feed and now hopes the creatures will find their way into the diets of...
China announced on Monday that married couples may have up to three children, a major policy shift from the existing limit of two after recent data showed a...
A private Romanian collector won an auction on Thursday for a luxury car given to the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu by the Shah of Iran, outbidding...
Trainee flight attendant Ghenwa, engineering student Ali and electronic music DJ Jawad are among a generation of young Syrians to have come of age during the...
The BBC, seen as a respected source of news and information around the world, is facing questions about its integrity at home after a scathing report on its...
Taboo-breaking podcasts for Arab audiences are shattering the silence that has stymied sex education at home and in the classroom.
Ibrahim al-Dika had raised his Belgian shepherd Lexi since she was a tiny pup, but then Lebanon's economic crisis made him jobless and he had to sell her to...