Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre braved heavy winds that led to a late start for his concert at the Dead Sea aimed at drawing attention to environmental issues. The concert that began late...
The northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, site of a presumed chemical attack, is the last remaining rebel bastion after six years of civil war. Idlib city has taken in masses of displaced Syrians,...
The Dead Sea was to come alive with music and an extravagant light show Thursday with a concert by electro pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre to draw attention to its shrinking water levels. Jarre was set to...
Pioneering electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre has said he wants to use an all-night concert at the Dead Sea to highlight what he sees as the anti-environmental policies of US President Donald...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed an investment banker Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang as the Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang was...
The National Identification Project will begin in July this year, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said. According to him, all stakeholders and technical team needed for the successful...
Having withstood time, the elements, looters and war, a spectacular Buddha restored and removed from one of Afghanistan's most dangerous regions is to make its public debut in the country's national...
An ancient colossus uncovered in Cairo last week may have depicted the famed pharaoh Psammetich I, Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Thursday. The fragments of the eight-metre (26-feet) tall...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu of ignorance about history and the Jewish faith on Tuesday after he said ancient Persian rulers tried to destroy the...
It was once home to priceless archaeological treasures, but these days you get into Mosul museum in Iraq's second city via a gaping hole in the basement. In the darkness lies a pile of rubble -- all...
Archaeologists in a muddy pit in a Cairo suburb on Thursday uncovered two pharaonic statues dating back more than 3,000 years. The relics were found in Mattarya district, site of the ancient...
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre says he will perform in Israel next month in a concert to publicise the plight of the shrinking Dead Sea. The lowest and saltiest body of water in the world...
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel Thursday to focus on today's "different world" after premier Benjamin Netanyahu evoked age-old tensions with Iran, ahead of a holiday marking an ancient...
The impact of the Zika virus on infected Canadian travellers was “more severe” than expected, say researchers. A new study looked at Canadians returning from trips to Zika-affected regions who...
Crawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: two great winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. But as...
Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're...
Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, which government forces are again battling to retake from jihadists, has become a symbol of the Islamic State group's wanton destruction of cultural heritage. The...
US President Donald Trump's two sons inaugurated a Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, Canada Tuesday as protesters outside chanted "Not in my city." About a hundred protesters...
Two rare busts rescued from the Islamic State group's destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra will soon be heading back to Syria, after a painstaking restoration in Italy. Recovered by Syrian...
President Donald Trump has said he might move America's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting Washington Wednesday, here is why the issue is so...
