The world-famous Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci has not been seen in public since it was sold for $450 million at a Christie's auction in 2017
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (R) takes part in a panel discussion during the Future Investment Initiative forum at the King Abdulaziz Conference Centre in Riyadh on Wednesday
The king motions for the white falcon to be brought closer and reaches out to stroke its chest, smiling as the bird blindly swivels its head, a hood covering its eyes.Russia's Vladimir Putin this month engaged in some falcon diplomacy on a Middle East tour, gifting prized gyrfalcons to Saudi King Salman and Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, a falconry enthusiast.In Russia, however, Arab interest in falcons has a dark side, with out-of-control poaching and smuggling to the Gulf region, where they find an eager market thanks to deep-rooted hunting traditions.
WhatsApp said its investigation traced a cyberespionage effort back to the Israeli technology firm NSO Group
In Lebanon, where protesters have brought the country to a standstill with demands for a full overhaul of the political system, the economy grew at a very slow pace over the past few years
Brazil seeks to deepen its ties with the Arab world, despite Bolsonaro's pro-Israel stance.
The UAE-trained Security Belt Force, dominated by members of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) which seeks independence for south Yemen, had seized Aden in August
Fighters of the UAE-trained Security Belt Force, dominated by members of the Southern Transitional Council, fly a southern separatist flag, the old flag of South Yemen
Sudanese demonstrators demand the dissolution of former ruler Omar al-Bashir's party
The oldest natural pearl in the world has been discovered by archaeologists on an island near Abu Dhabi.
Amnesty said it had found evidence of possible war crimes by both sides in the fight for Tripoli
The United Arab Emirates pavilion is being built in the shape of a falcon in flight
Tourists disembark at Doha Port as a new cruise season kicks off with the launch of a new temporary passenger terminal as Qatar works to increase the number of cruise ships making calls in the Gulf state
Tourism lags far behind coffee and cacao in Ivory Coast's economy -- the government wants to more than double its share of GDP by 2025
While much of Asia is tolerant of homosexuality, Taiwan became in May 2019 the first in the region to allow gay marriage
Running a full Bitcoin node goes mobile thanks to HTC's Exodus 1s, the "first" smartphone with a capacity to support the blockchain network.
Despite its glittery towers and man-made islands, Dubai is stuck in a five-year property downturn
In perhaps one of the vile and illicit uses of Bitcoin, the largest child porn site in the world has been rightly put to an end by the U.S. law enforcement.
The September 17 missile and drone attacks on the key Saudi oil processing plant in Abqaiq and the nearby Khurais oil field cut the kingdom's output by half and rattled world energy markets
Beatriz Dominguez and her partner Juan Antonio Sanchez are among some 400 falcon breeders in Spain
A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner of Etihad airline on take-off from Duesseldorf, Germany
The US Department of Justice said it had charged Turkey's Halkbank with six counts of fraud, money laundering, and sanctions offenses
