A mother-daughter bonding trip turns into a happy, and a rather telling travelogue read more

The family had gone to Wadi Bani Khalid for a picnic. Ahmed managed to get out of the vehicle and survived by clinging to a palm tree, Gulf News reported. read more

This week’s recommended reads include Mohammad Hanif’s much-awaited new novel, a book that presents Manto through the eyes of his friends and foes, and the translation of a Korean novel read more

Senior officials said that at present, the New Moti Bagh complex has 7,075 trees, of which 896 are fruit-bearing ones. The problem, however, is that a lot of the varieties that have been planted are not native to the region. That, environment experts... read more

A dubious drink made from the sap of the palmyra tree brings back my childhood and my grandmother read more

An oil spill sparked a huge fire that shot up some 70 metres (230 feet) in the air, above homes and palm trees in a residential area on Sumatra island’s Aceh province read more

While some citizens said the palms would be an aesthetic addition, urban ecologists said the date palm has no benefits. read more