Middle East Travel News

Malaysia has been named, along with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates , as one of the preferred destinations for Muslim travellers, according to a survey.

Futurists who have been predicting "exponential growth" in mankind's technological development might just give a "we told you so" shrug on hearing the news that the world's next tallest building will only take six or seven months to construct.

DOHA: The tourist inflow into Egypt has been growing with Qataris ranking third among Arab tourist arrivals in the country, after visitors from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Georges Moustaki, the Egyptian-born French singer-songwriter who provided the lyrics for Edith Piaf's international 1958 hit Milord, has died at his home on the French Riviera, aged 79.

The ICAO has had its headquarters in Montreal since 1947 and currently employs 534 people.

There is no doubt that throughout Oman, there are many talented children. Let's Read, an organisation that promotes reading, recently held its seventh annual writing competition and the results show just how gifted young people are.

It's a long way to go for a game of charades. William Hague is in Israel today to support US secretary of state John Kerry's bid to re-start Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

On 23 March this year, the Versaille Court of Appeal in France delivered a very significant judgment in a case brought by the Association France-Palestine Solidarit and joined by the Palestine Liberation Organisation , against French companies Societ Alstom and Veolia Transport .

Desperate husbands. In spite of evolving lifestyles mentalities are stuck as Qatari men still expect their better half to be a better housewife.

The following was written by Lenny David of Efrat, formerly of AIPAC, who created the website for a Picture a Day after realizing the extent of the Library of Congress archive of pictures - and the "Cigarbox Collection": Dr.

Looking at the gorgeous beach landscape above, you might think you were looking at Hawaii or New Zealand .

The Rev. Thomas Farrow, pastor of First Baptist Church, 900 College St., Clinton, is among a group of 37 visiting the Holy Land.

DOHA: Remote and sparsely populated areas of the country will soon have large commercial complexes so that people don't have to travel long distances to access commodities and services of daily need.

Stroll the moonlike terrain along the rim of the Ramon Crater in southern Israel and you'll feel like you're walking on the edge of the world.

Jet2.com and Lanzarote Airport celebrated the launch of the airline's new base on the island.

Yediot Aharonot reported on Thursday that yet another Hollywood celebrity -Robert De Niro- was coming to Israel to join President Shimon Peres in celebrating his 90th birthday.

Building bonds: Hamad Obaidalla, chief commercial officer of flydubai, at Salalah Airport with Sheikh Hamood bin Mustahil Al Mashani, vice-president of Muscat Overseas Group.

By the year 2020 growth in Muslim travel will have reached 4.8 per cent, significantly higher than the global figure of only 3.8 per cent.

A worker sits amongst bags of Flour at a warehouse in a grain market in Cairo . "How can the United States help Egypt?" is a common question heard around the Beltway these days.

The desert locust , the most notorious of about a dozen locust species for its ability to rapidly multiply and travel long distances, threatens an area of 32 million square kilometres, stretching across 50 countries from west Africa to India.