A shrine on the outskirts of Damascus has long been a prominent destination for Shias from around the world. Its golden dome ...

Israel has continued to strike Lebanon, including attacks on the capital, Beirut, since a November 27 ceasefire, which ...

In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

It takes severe depravity, not to mention sheer stupidity, to believe that shooting an unarmed couple in the back as they ...

In a historic moment for Indian literature, Banu Mushtaq has been awarded the prestigious International Booker Prize for her evocative collection of short stories, Heart Lamp. With this ...

The presiding theory now is that Anatolian isn’t the daughter of Proto-Indo-European, but its sister, with both being the products of a much more ancient language which provided the bases for the ...

Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial. He is likely to take the ...

Think about the formerly great Great Britain. The home of the Magna Carta. The place where people like William ...

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia glowed under floodlights, its minarets soaring towards the night sky. Turkey’s powerful and radical Islamist President ...

Pakistan and China are using Bangladesh’s internal volatility, rising radicalism, and Yunus’s pro-China tilt to expand their ...

The Elysium crest — a gold-embossed monogram framed by laurel, ribbon, and crown — represents spiritual sovereignty, ...

West Virginia’s Supreme Court has declined to answer a question in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids can cause a public nuisance. Monday's opinion returns the case ...