Separate diplomatic contacts involving Türkiye, Israel and Syria are underway to ease tensions following Israel’s Aug. 18 strike on the Abu Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria.
“It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the person.”
President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Syria is ‘shaking off a dark burden’ after the US removed it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Syria had been on the list since 1979, an…
A concert usually requires an audience to listen. Riahiyat wants them to sing. The new women-only event, taking place at the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi on August 28, is buil…
The United States on Aug. 24 formally removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and lifted Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) remaining U.S. terrorist designation.
America’s most popular type of meat is chicken. In Argentina, it’s beef. And in Japan, it’s seafood.
The United States on Aug. 24 launched a broad economic campaign against Iran, sanctioning nearly 60 entities, individuals and vessels and warning third countries that continued de…
The Directorates of Endowment in are organizing dedicated carnivals and official ceremonies to mark the occasion.
I started watching the Big Bear Valley eagle cam during the pandemic. The live feed was calming, like unpretentious slow cinema. The nest is attractively situated, as any raptor r…
Tove Jansson (August 9, 1914–June 27, 2001) is among the most imaginative, important, and influential children’s book creators of all time, an artist and writer of unparalleled cr…
A cross-party delegation lands in Beijing as Tokyo tries to defrost its worst China rift in decades.
Episodes of extreme heat have exposed stark differences in how well poultry farms are equipped to adapt, with up to 2% of the country’s laying hens dying during the June heatwave …