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Israel's Negev officially recognized as international wine region 

The Negev joins major international wine regions such as Champagne, Chianti, Bordeaux, and Napa Valley, with the new status expected to strengthen Israel's wine industry's global position.

An aerial view of the Nana Estate Winery vineyards at the start of harvest season on August 3, 2022 near Mitzpe Ramon in Israel's Negev Desert.
KTM 1390 Super Adventure.

KTM 1390 Super Adventure review: 173 HP, new automatic gearbox and serious off-road capability

View of the Dead Sea and its surroundings, February 6, 2026.

Four day pride festival to be held at Dead Sea, largest in history of Middle East

A GENERAL VIEW of the Nuweiba delta.

A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing


Rains bring relief to drought-stricken Iraq, experts urge action to prevent more desertification

Although the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have swelled in recent heavy rains, a dry climate is the norm in Iraq, and with Turkish and Iranian dams cutting off water flow.

Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river

Bedouins who fought Hamas on Oct. 7 honored for bravery and heroism in Jerusalem

Israeli politicians vouched for Bedouins who put their lives on the line in order to protect people against Hamas.

 Lina Ezberga, 23, became the first woman ever in her Bedouin town to become an ambulance driver.

Israel wants to bring 'DeserTech' to United Arab Emirates

Environmental Protection Minister Silman met with her Emirati counterpart in New York.

 Minister Idit Silman (left) with UAE Minister Mariam Almheiri

Camel spiders' hidden evolutionary tree uncovered by Israeli researchers

They aren’t spiders and don’t bug dromedaries, but a scorpion that existed before the disappearance of dinosaurs.

 The Camel Spider

One death reported at Burning Man, thousands stranded in mud and rain

Access to and from Black Rock City, the event site, was closed "for the remainder of the event," organizers said in a statement on social media.

 Dub Kitty and Ben Joos, of Idaho and Nevada, walk through the mud at Burning Man after a night of dancing with friends in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, after a rainstorm turned the site into mud September 2, 2023.