Fifty years after the Riviera 76 festival held its first and only edition in southern France, with a lineup that notably included Joe Cocker, Betty Davis and Magma, the National A…
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Gov’t accuses IRIB of ‘censorship’ after parts of president’s speech not aired; station rejects ‘improper attributions’.
What happened when thousands of Israelis stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police protection?
For two years, Amr Abdelfattah, a French researcher of Egyptian origin, has been held in a Saudi prison, where he says he has suffered mistreatment.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said the situation around Syria's Golan Heights was unacceptable, as Syria's foreign minister urged Israeli forces to withdraw from a U.N.-patrolled bu…
After shaking up the world of pop with 'Brat,' the British musician takes a nostalgic turn, without abandoning her inventiveness.
What Surrounds Us takes its title literally. You play as a circle surrounding a hole in its middle — it looks like a donut with frosting. You work together with other sentient mov…
In 1974, British politician Jeffrey Archer lost all his money in a con. As he tried to dig himself out of the financial hole, he wrote his first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Pen…
“Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture.” Rebecca Solnit on the Odyssey and the Western literary tradition of silencing women. | Lit Hub Criticism…
The Iran-backed group had accused US ally Saudi Arabia of a 'dangerous escalation' after Riyadh struck Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to step up support for Syria during his first visit to Damascus as UN chief, while c