Saudi Arabia may change its weekend to bring it closer to Western standards, and further from its founding principles.
The Boston bombing suspects' Chechen origins have turned the spotlight on a small community. Fewer than 1,000 live in the U.S.
There are some three million undocumented foreign workers in Saudi Arabia.
Two old buddies sharing stories: Fidel Castro and Diego Maradona, who dropped in after paying his respects to Venezuela's Maduro.
Such “contract marriages” for the purposes of sex are illegal under Indian law and forbidden by Islam.
Lürssen, which builds large luxury yachts, has launched the AZZAM, the largest motor yacht in the world.
To mark the two-year anniversary of Syria's civil war that began on March 15, 2011, here’s a look at some of the conflict's statistics.
It's not a well-known side effect of an encroaching war, but it's happening: People in Damascus are gaining weight.
Ninety-four Emirati citizens, said to be members of an Islamist organization, were put on trial Monday on charges of plotting against the United Arab Emirates government.
The club has been subjected to scrutiny over ownership.
Seventeen Indian men on death row in the UAE for the murder of a Pakistani man returned home this week after an Indian businessman paid $1 million to secure their release.
The two clubs meet in the Champions League Round of 16.
At least 22 people were killed when a truck laden with gravel collided with a bus carrying 46 Asian migrant workers in the oasis town of al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates.
A French-owned oil tanker that was reported missing Sunday in the pirate infested waters of the West African Gulf of Guinea.
Remittances from overseas migrants account for the second-biggest foreign exchange earnings for Bangladesh.
The leaders of the Hilton and Marriott hotel chains used the 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to promote “smart visas.”
Though many tourists returned to Egypt in 2012, their numbers are still well below what the nation attracted before the Arab Spring.
Woodward, Aixtron SE, Google, Alcatel Lucent, International Business Machines Corp, Facebook, KB Home and Ford Motor Co. are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Wednesday.
The United Arab Emirates seems to lead the world in terms of renewable energy research -- so why all the oil rigs?
The sixth annual World Future Energy Summit kicked off in Abu Dhabi. Featured speakers include French president Francois Hollande.
France continued with the air strikes against Islamic rebels in Mali throughout Monday night and the U.S. is mulling sending drones and providing aid to the French troops. Efforts to deploy African troops gathered pace as well.
Crude oil prices slightly declined and hovered below $91 a barrel during the Asian trading hours Thursday as traders remained concerned about the fiscal cliff negotiations.
