The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan has unleashed a fresh wave of violence. Taliban forces have stepped up attacks across the…
Nash
The violence that erupted in Gaza during the Israeli military campaign ‘Operation Guardian of the Walls,’ a consequence of escalating tensions in…
In various places in the Lebanese capital Beirut, you can come across Syrian refugees who work in many sectors such as tourism, construction, and…
It’s been years now since the US-Russia relationship began to deteriorate and has kept reaching new lows. It all started after the Clinton-Obama era…
The story of a relic, the workers who helped unearth historical gems, the charms on doors in Upper Egypt and the intangible heritage they unfold, and…
The surrender of Abdullah al-Ahmar XII in Granada - the last stronghold of Muslims in Andalusia - and Queen Isabella's acquisition of the city’s key…
It’s undoubtedly a coincidence, but two commentators I find most thoughtful and trustworthy both weighed in Wednesday on the question of whether the…
We didn’t always know that plastic is bad. There was a time when we could see only the revolutionary nature of the material. We didn’t see it as…
Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, has succeeded in realizing his dream of going into space, aboard his company's first manned flight, Blue Origin,…
World in Photos
Fireworks are seen during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Igor Kralj/Pixsell/MB Media/Getty Images)
Naomi Osaka of Team Japan lights the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
A worker is seen during clearing work in front of the destroyed building of the country guest house 'Jaegerstuebchen' in Laach, part of the municipality of Mayschoss, district of Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 23, 2021, about a week after heavy rain and floods caused major damage in the Ahr region. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
Rescue team members transfer an elderly woman on the wheelchair on a flooded road after heavy rain in Xinxiang, in central Chinas Henan province on July 23, 2021. (Photo by JADE GAO / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Palestinian protesters evacuate an injured man during confrontaions with Israeli forces in the town of Beita, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on July 23, 2021, after a protest against the Israeli outpost of Eviatar. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly - Heats - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Maggie MacNeil of Canada in action REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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