(RNS) — The black, gold-embroidered cloth that shrouds Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia is a revered artifact that ...

The assailants demonstrated advanced technical capabilities, systematically disabling the residence’s CCTV and security infrastructure before engaging Gadhafi in a direct confrontation. The ...

Turkish adventurer Mehmet Sendinç says his African journey has upended every stereotype, revealing a continent of generosity, ...

This changed suddenly in the 1990s with the rise of the Internet and by today, students at any Kenyan institute of higher ...

The awardees are Gafruddin Mewati Jogi, a 68-year-old from Rajasthan’s Mewat who plays the bhapang, and Taga Ram Bheel, a ...

As thousands of Iranian families have this month buried loved ones killed in the deadliest street protests in their country’s history, social media has been filled with unexpected scenes: families and ...

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The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

What has changed is that the new regulations are backed by a clear enforcement framework. They have real consequences and, ...

Nearly four decades after Mandal, new campus regulations revive the fiercest faultlines of Indian politics—this time in courtrooms, classrooms, and caste conclaves ...

From a subcontinent impoverished by centuries of exploitative and often brutal colonial rule, India is today once again the ...