Graft and security issues feed the trade in Iraq's past
Do you want to buy a more than 5,000-year-old Sumerian tablet, listed as the property of a gentleman from Sussex in England and passed down as a family heirloom?
Do you want to buy a more than 5,000-year-old Sumerian tablet, listed as the property of a gentleman from Sussex in England and passed down as a family heirloom?
Archaeology
Aug 23, 2021
0
333
Braving the cold and hostile Libyan desert, Milad Mohammed scratches the ground to extract what he calls "manna from heaven"—white truffles coveted as a delicacy at home and abroad.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2019
0
13
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are warning social media users that photos of individuals posted online without their consent could lead to jail.
Internet
Nov 4, 2013
0
0
Jaber and his girlfriend flirt the day away, never wasting a minute to sweet-talk and dream of a future together, but like most Gulf Arab youths they can only do it virtually.
Business
Jun 28, 2013
1
0
In Dubai, it's normal to leave your air conditioning running at all times, even if you go away for weeks. Qatar has the largest air-conditioned outdoor jogging tracks in the world. Across the United Arab Emirates, water is ...
Environment
Nov 16, 2023
0
2
Africa's valuable ocean resources have drawn the interest of foreign nations, particularly those in the West and Asia.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
0
13
Authorities in several Gulf countries renewed weather warnings on Sunday as several days of heavy rains batter the usually arid region.
Environment
Jan 2, 2022
3
31
Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons—including some endangered species—for wealthy Gulf Arabs.
Ecology
Jan 4, 2021
0
19
The private ownership of wild animals has been outlawed in the United Arab Emirates, where keeping exotic creatures as pets is a status symbol for some, reports said Wednesday.
Ecology
Jan 4, 2017
0
6
Considered a threat to the biodiversity of marine ecosystems of the Gulf of California, the cannonball jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris is intended to be exploited commercially throughout the Mexican Pacific coast where it ...
Ecology
Sep 25, 2013
0
0