A group of families of the Anfal genocide victims recently visited the deserts of Tal Sheikhiyan in Samawah, southern Iraq, where many of their loved ones were
Ukraine’s General Staff has dismissed Russian claims that Ukrainian forces struck civilian infrastructure in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine as “manipulative.”
On three of Marya E. Gates' favorite films to come out of the fest.
Moscow claims the attack hit a student dormitory killing at least four people. Russia has expressed outrage as it reported that a Ukrainian drone attack killed at least four peopl…
On three standouts from this year's Director's Fortnight.
Foreign ministers from the US, India, Japan and Australia — collectively known as the Quad — need to put past differences behind them if the alliance is to remain an effective mea…
After blocking ship traffic, Iran is threatening to target the powerful undersea fiber-optic arteries that cross through the maritime chokepoint. These cables are essential to the…
A movie about talking, mystery-solving sheep isn’t as fluffy as it sounds. Compared with cinema’s menagerie of big-city talking animals, the ovine stars of the movie The Sheep Det…
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The 79th Cannes Film Festival, which concludes on Saturday, is a showcase for some of the year’s biggest stars and most anticipated films. Alongside the premiere of major titles a…
Tehran is betting that its sanctions‑hardened economy can outlast the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Washington, meanwhile, is contending with elevated oil prices, renewed inflation pre…
People new to Germany are often surprised by the number of public holidays in the spring. Pentecost is one of them, but its significance is not well known.