Rising tectonic activity along the active Zagros fault line presents an inescapable threat to the Kurdistan Region,
Her mother: “If we’d known, we’d have put some drama into the sex, yaar. Now this poor kid will grow up and become a banker or some other boring thing.” Her father, all innocent a…
The Syrian Democratic Forces are reportedly preparing to dissolve their existing structure and integrate into Syria’s unified state and military, according to a
Crowds create carnival-like atmosphere in Afghan capital as Taliban celebrates five years since its return to power.
Firefighters are tackling a fire at a market in Kyiv, while Moscow reports that a warehouse was hit.
The Revolutionary Guards control more than military operations: They also impose their demands on Iran's president and his negotiators, writes historian Jean-Pierre Filiu in his c…
African governments have kept a low profile on the international stage during the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. But that doesn't mean they haven't been engaging with the issue b…
In the early 1960s, in Haifa, Israel, the young Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish fell in love with Tamar Ben Ami, a Jewish Israeli dancer. Their romance was intense but brief. Fro…
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The restaurant, which opened in May, is a co-production between the restaurateur Claire DuBois and the chef Sherry Cardoso. Cardoso has a blue-chip pedigree (Per Se, Brooklyn Fare…
Help started arriving on Aug. 16 for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia's Flores Island after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses…
If you enjoy crime fiction, there can be a bewildering array of books to choose from. Fortunately, the UK has the Dagger Awards, awarded by the Crime Writers' Association to stand…