IRAN is turning to precious metals such as gold and copper in a bid to reinvigorate its economy as crushing US sanctions bite the beleaguered Middle Eastern nation.

The races will kick off in Europe and the Middle East in 2020.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "very vicious" but that he wants to stick with Saudi Arabia as a close ally in the Middle East.

Authorities say a black-market arms dealer who tried to buy anti-aircraft missiles and sell them to clients in the Middle East has been convicted of conspiracy in Los Angeles.

The global chemical and ingredient distributor has launched a new showcase website focused on the beauty and personal care market for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Dubbed beautypersonalcare.univareurope.com, the website marks another step in Univar's digital transformation. The site features an online showcase of the latest specialty ingredient and additive innovations for the beauty and personal care market in Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Recent market research shows that the (...) -

It has become “the new normal,” a structural part of 21st-century life. And the jihadist threat against the West is just as strong now as ever. These are the conclusions of “The Legacy of Syria: Global Jihad Remains a Threat to Europe,” a new report from the Dutch intelligence agency, Algemene Inlichting en Veiligheids Dienst (AIVD). Indeed, according to the report, the demise of the Islamic State has proved to be just a hiccup in the ongoing efforts to found a caliphate in the Middle East. Thousands of ISIS sympathizers still walk freely in the streets of Europe and across the West, and “as a result of the conflict in Syria, the [global jihadist] movement has grown and...

Large quantities dust from the deserts of the Middle East can settle on the Tibetan Plateau, darkening the region's snowpack and accelerating snow melt. A new atmospheric modeling study suggests that, in some years, heavy springtime dust deposition can set off a series of feedbacks that intensify the Indian summer monsoon. The findings could explain a correlation between Tibetan snowpack and the Indian monsoon first observed by British meteorologist Henry Blanford in 1884.

This emirate is struggling with what economists are calling a white-collar recession, undermining the city’s taste for luxury and testing an economic model other Middle East countries want to replicate.