Costa Rica cancels friendly match in Iraq after administrative problem at Kuwaiti border

RIYADH: Visitors to Wadi Hanifa, a huge valley in Riyadh lined with palm trees and waterways, were greeted last weekend by new large-scale contemporary public artworks created by Saudi and international artists . These installations are part of Noor Riyadh, an annual festival of light and art that showcases more than 190 works by around … Read more

From Saddam Hussein to ISIS: Iraq continues to search its mass graves

NAJAF: The excavator hums and the forensic scientists get to work: in Najaf, as in many places in Iraq, bones are being exhumed for identification, a titanic task in a country where mass graves bear witness to the horror of past conflicts. The scene repeats itself over and over again. A skull is stripped of … Read more