Bhutanese are getting more sleep and it's lifting their happiness index
People in Bhutan are happier now than they were five years ago according to a survey of social wellbeing released by the tiny Himalayan...
Turkish soap operas latest casualty of Mideast conflicts
A major Middle Eastern satellite network now believed to be majority-owned by Saudi Arabia has stopped airing Turkish soap operas, the latest entertainment casualty...
British Prime Minister: Muslims should "own" the problem of tackling extremism
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday unveiled new planned measures aimed at countering jihadist ideology and stopping young Britons travelling to Syria, challenging...
3D-printed face shields against Virus in Egypt
With the arrival of the virus, which has by now infected over 4,000 people and claimed 300 lives in Egypt, according to government data,...
Law changes focus on women and children
The Shoura Council has backed a proposal to amend current health care legislation to ensure more comprehensive care for women and children.
The proposal filed...
Sub-Saharan Africa rates poorly in equal education for boys and girls – U.N.
Less than half of the world's countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality,...
Syrian dancer performs in deserted Paris
The Syrian dancer and choreographer, Yara al-Hasbani, has drown crowds across France for her performances in public squares and parks. She is used to...
Camels reason for Mers-CoV spreading in the kingdom, WHO claims
The World Health Organization (WHO) has attributed the lack of control over the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronovirus (Mers-CoV) to camels, as compared to...
18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding
Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday.
In...
Saudi to save $7 billion from energy reforms
Saudi Arabia is expected to save $7 billion a year after it introduced unprecedented energy price rises in a bid to offset the low...
