The sand deserts in the oil-rich Gulf countries present a practical paradox: though surrounded by almost boundless swathes of desert sand, much of it is not suitable for farming due to lack of water.

A team of researchers based in Norway and Japan might soon have you walking on desert sand, no matter how far from the dunes you live. This group of engineers has developed a method to transform it ...

Concrete is the world’s most widely used building material – second only to water. Globally, more than four billion tonnes of cement are produced every year. Concrete consumption is so enormous that ...

The globe may be running out of sand suitable for concrete. Researchers are therefore testing a possible solution for using desert sand as a material. The world's most important building material ...

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ANKARA — A private passenger jet crashed Tuesday shortly after departing Ankara’s Esenboga International Airport, killing eight people, including Libya’s army chief, Mohammed Ali Al Haddad, and four ...

The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of general staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in ...

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Saudi Arabia is building Trojena, a $500 billion ski resort in the middle of the desert. Can it defy nature and become a winter paradise? #SaudiVision2030 #SkiResort #MegaProjects ‘They put me on ...

CAIRO (AP) — The decomposed bodies of five suspected migrants have been recovered in eastern Libya, local aid groups said. Recovery crews worked with local authorities to recover the remains which ...