Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. The Israeli government said Tuesday that Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest ...

QatarEnergy, a state-owned firm, hires Italy's contractor and China Offshore Oil Engineering to develop North Field, the world’s largest offshore natural gas reserve. Saipem’s contract share is $3.1 ...

The history of our cities has been written in water. In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around irrigated farmland. Flooded terrace fields for rice, corn ...

As international relations have begun to normalize this year, the new Syrian government has signed a number of economic development deals, including an expansion of Damascus International Airport.