“When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse.” Nearly 60 years ago, the FCC chairNewton…

Mayar Sherif made history in September by becoming the first-ever Egyptian female tennis player to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.Sherif, who was making her Grand Slam main draw debut…

ISIS is quietly "rising from the ashes" in parts ofIraqandSyria, but this is not the first time that it has recovered from a near-death experience. Its predecessor,al QaedainIraq, also reconstituted…

ISIS is quietly "rising from the ashes" in parts ofIraqandSyria, but this is not the first time that it has recovered from a near-death experience. Its predecessor,al QaedainIraq, also reconstituted…

Mayar Sherif made history in September by becoming the first-ever Egyptian female tennis player to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.Sherif, who was making her…

Before Sandra Saad was a superhero in a major Marvel property, the actress found herself in an unfortunate, potentially career-killing position for a young performer. She had to turn down acting…

A Kurdish man, standing beneath the Kurdish flag, raises his hand as several thousand sing the Kurdish national anthem while they celebrate Kurdish New Year March 20, 2005 in Lake…

Caption Walid Al-Zaidi was born on April 30, 1986 in the Tunisian state of El-Kef. Walid went blind at the blind age of two, but in spite of this setback he never allowed…

Since the mid-twentieth century, India and China have had a complex relationship. China and India have engaged in three major military conflicts, which took place along a disputed border along the…

InOctober 2019, a global study foundthe United Statesto be the best-prepared nation in the world for "high-consequence and globally catastrophic biological events." Less than a year later, however…