Jeddah Municipality cracking down on land robbers
Earlier this year Jeddah Municipality launched a major crackdown on land encroachers. They started by bulldozing the many walled plots of land that belong...
The need for anti-sexual harassment laws in Saudi Arabia
Sexual harassment is a global phenomenon that affects millions of men and women psychologically. Worldwide, one in three women has experienced either physical or sexual...
Why you can't just wipe out mosquitoes to get rid of the Zika virus
On Saturday Colombia's national health institute confirmed that more than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the Zika virus, which has been linked...
Why a deal to help Turkey deal with migrants is good for Europe –...
The chaos of thousands of refugees arriving on the Greek islands daily may soon slow if the European Union and Turkey can implement a...
What a climate deal means for oil markets
Over the next two weeks countries from around the world are convening in Paris to develop a global plan to address climate change. A...
Antarctic sea ice took a new course in 2015
Although the Arctic ice sheet gets all the media attention, noteworthy activity has been brewing in the Antarctic.
The Antarctic ice sheet has stopped expanding...
The wrong question of when will a ‘Muslim Luther’ come
We always wonder how Europe and America reached this level of rationality and religious tolerance. Dozens of religions, sects and beliefs peacefully co-exist there....
Appoint a few more Scalias, kiss democracy goodbye
Republican presidential candidates such as Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) have pledged to appoint a justice like Antonin Scalia to the U.S. Supreme Court, if...
Russia cannot win in Syria, must push for transition: Blinken
Russia's intervention in Syria is "not going particularly well" and it should instead push for political transition in the country, U.S. Secretary of State...
Why the great and good get to ride for free
Nineteenth-century plutocrats from the Northeast journeyed to Aiken, South Carolina, to take a break - much the way David Samson, former chairman of the...
