Ireland has opened 'The Virgin Mary' pub this month, which offers a full menu of entirely non-alcoholic drinks, non-boozy beers and zero percent wine. As it is considered the first ever 'dry pub' in the country. The Virgin Mary's co-founder Vaughan Yates said that "Drinking is ingrained in society here." "I think there's a real cultural shift happening globally towards alcohol and we're really at the forefront of it," he added.

Iraq's southern marshes are waking up after a 30-year drought by a wave of ecotourists picnicking and paddling down their replenished river bends, according to AFP. A one-room home made of elaborately woven palm reeds floats on the river surface. Near it is a soft plume of smoke that curls up from a fire-pit where carp is being grilled, Iraqi-style. In the Iraqi district of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, boats drift by, carrying couples and groups of friends singing to the beat of drums. The Decimation of the Fertile ...

Are you planning to start your own business soon in the Arab world? According to a World Bank report: ‘Doing Business’ , these are the top 10 Arab countries in terms of ease of doing business.

Dorra Zarrouk's looks at Cannes 2019 Cannes Film Festival were very bright, and one of them was a modern vibrant design by Lebanese designer Jean Louis Sabaji. The dresses designs highlighted the Tunisian star's grace, where the chest area was exposed and the beauty was oozing femininity and attractiveness. Zarrouk did not forget to take a picture with one of her favorite actresses Julianne Moore. Check the Tunisian actress Dorra Zarrouk's looks at Cannes Festival in the album below!

Last week, Alabama approved a strict abortion law, which is likely to make abortion illegal in virtually all cases, including cases of rape and incest. Thousands of people gathered around the southern US state of Alabama, Sunday, to reject one the nation's most restrictive bans on abortions in years. Over 50 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and NARAL Pro-Choice America, are likely to take part in several other rallies across the country.

Sejnane is a town in Northern Tunisia, known for its Berber clay artifacts and pottery, especially its Berber clay dolls. The pottery skills of the women of Sejnane relate to the practice of using a specific technique to produce terracotta artefacts for the home, including cooking utensils, dolls and animal figurines inspired by the environment. All stages of the pottery-making process are performed by women, who also sell the pots in the village and by the side of neighbouring roads; women therefore occupy a prominent place in the community. The ...

Buddha's birthday is a holiday traditionally celebrated in most of East Asia to commemorate the birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha and founder of Buddhism. Some Buddhists spend this occasion by praying in a local temple for the whole sacred day, but others may do good deeds, take part in chanting and meditation.

French rail operator SNCF has spent more than $15 million painstakingly restoring an iconic train of the Orient Express, as it considers fully relaunching the fabled service to the East. The last true Orient Express travelled from Paris to Istanbul in 1977, drawing the curtain on almost a century of taking travellers on the fabled route from western Europe to the shores of the Bosphorus in Turkey. The train also entered popular culture, playing a central role in celebrated books and movies, not least of which is the Agatha Christie ...

The refugees, sheltering in the town of Aru in Ituri province in the Congo, fled fighting along the border between South Sudan and Uganda. Fighting has persisted between the government forces and rebels of the National Salvation Front which rejects the peace accord between the South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his arch-foe Riek Machar. Authorities say 554 people have arrived since the start of the month and they are among nearly 100,000 South Sudanese refugees in the Congo's Haut Uele and Ituri provinces, according to the UNHCR.

Did you know that oil was the number one exported product in the world in 2018? According to World’s Top Exports, 5 countries out of the world’s top 10 oil exporters are located in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia topping the list.

Environmental protesters have applied fake blood on Sunday on the steps of the Trocadero, in order to mark the accelerated loss of biodiversity on Earth, according to AFP journalists. While carrying the banners read "Stop the sixth mass extinction", the protesters have also held 'a few minutes' silence.