Damascus, Syria – There’s something different about Christmas this year, Damascenes say. Although the decorations may have been more elaborate last year, Carol al-Sahhaf says this…
The tablet sold by Sotheby’s is the oldest known inscription in stone of the ancient text in Paleo-Hebrew script.The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with…
As Israel’s war on Gaza rages and Israeli attacks on people in the occupied West Bank continue, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem…
New Delhi, India – Shahid Malik is fighting for a home that no longer exists. For the past two years, Malik, an accountant by profession, has…
Islamabad, Pakistan – After fending off protests from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the Pakistani government now faces a new challenge – a potential…
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Krishna Das had never imagined that his peaceful life in Sunamganj, a northeastern district of Bangladesh, would come crashing down on a…
French President Emmanuel Macron thanks all who ‘saved, helped, rebuilt’ beloved cathedral after devastating 2019 fire.World leaders have gathered in the French capital for the…
Kadamtala (Tripura), India – The last thing that Shahin Ahmed, 38, remembers of his brother, Alfeshani Ahmed, was a frantic call with him amid gunshots…
India-Bangladesh ties have been frosty since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India after her removal in a student-led mass uprising in August, but…
US president-elect Donald Trump is handing over US Middle East policy to people “who see God as some kind of cosmic real estate agent”, argues…
NewsFeedFrench President Emmanuel Macron got an early look at the interior of the fully restored Notre Dame de Paris, five years after a massive fire…
President Macron inspects the results of the 700-million-euro restoration, including the 19th-century Gothic spire returned to its former glory.Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has offered the…
Police have arrested dozens of people, shut down the internet, closed schools, and tightened security in Sambhal district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state after deadly…
Mozambique’s crisis demands a paradigm shift, not just in how we understand peacebuilding but in how we conceptualize the state, power, and economy. The proposition…
A GOVERNMENT row over assisted dying heated up yesterday as a minister was accused of “imposing” her religious beliefs on others.Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who…
Renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups latest in a string of attacks to hit parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.At least 32 people have…
A LONDON-born teen who died of leukaemia aged 15 is to be made a saint next year, the Pope has said.Pope Francis told his weekly…
NewsFeedGovernment buildings were ransacked and cars set on fire in India’s Manipur state as anti-government protesters defied a curfew to demonstrate against last week’s deadly…
Warning: This column includes spoilers for the film “Heretic.” I went to see “Heretic” four days after the election. It was too soon.Drawn by the…
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday made an unprecedented formal and “unreserved” apology to survivors of abuse in state and church care over…