There is a silence at the center of each person — an untrammeled space where the inner voice grows free to speak. That space expands in solitude. To create anything — a poem, a pa…
Iran has given a Swedish diplomat 48 hours to leave the country following the expulsion of an Iranian official from Sweden, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. The Swedish gove…
In a speech before the European Parliament, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and the EU are 'stronger together.'
The Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday welcomed a French-Italian initiative to replace a UN mission in south Lebanon amid fears of a renewed Israeli offensive. Mr Aoun was…
There is a simple recipe for making rice. My father taught it to me when I was a child. Back then, I used to sit up on the kitchen counter watching him, how he sifted the grains i…
The conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders has drawn sharply different reactions across the Balkans. Serbia has accused the court of failing to fully address cri…
The US president says Washington is ‘hopefully toward the end’ of Iran war, as global energy prices remain high.
“If you can fall in love again and again … if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you’ve got it half licked.”…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ recent trip to Meis — the closest Greek island to the Turkish mainland— has drawn a sharp reaction from Ankara after he toured military f…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned members of his ruling party on Sept. 16 to remain vigilant against provocations as Türkiye enters a “very critical” period.
Hundreds of commercial vessels are crowding anchorages in the Marmara Sea as shipowners increasingly avoid the Black Sea amid a surge in attacks on civilian ships linked to the Ru…
The first official day of fall is this coming Tuesday, September 22, but if you’re reading this then by now you’ve probably seen a few “most anticipated for fall 2026” lists. Ther…