The US military killed four people in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, the latest in a campaign that has killed more than 200 people and drawn condemn…
The American choreographer has revolutionized dance with pared-down, repetitive movements rooted in everyday life since the 1960s. She continues to create new works and is prepari…
For many Malayalis, no Onam celebration is complete without sadhya – the elaborate vegetarian feast traditionally served on a banana leaf, with nine to 30-plus dishes including cu…
In April last year, just months after Bashar Al Assad’s regime fell in Syria, Saudi Arabia and Qatar agreed to settle that country’s outstanding debts to the World Bank. At just $…
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced its formal dissolution on Aug. 25 after completing the integration of its military, security and administrative structures…
Syria’s Democratic Forces, which led the fight against ISIL, have declared they are disbanding. The move is part of an agreement with Syria’s interim government to integrate milit…
A new documentary called “NAZA” from the same directors as the Oscar-winning Israeli-Palestinian production “No Other Land” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, o…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Aug. 25 called on people across the political spectrum to support the government’s “terror-free Türkiye” initiative, describing it as a matter of…
Houthi ties with Al Shabab in Somalia and the Sudanese Armed Forces led to arms-smuggling networks, expanding the Yemeni rebels' influence in the Horn of Africa, a report has foun…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his government plans to begin work on a formal application for European Union membership and will not resume active participation in t…
Trump called Pakistan's army chief to relay a message to Tehran, a senior Pakistani source told The National
I once asked ChatGPT to write a poem about a total solar eclipse in the style of Walt Whitman. It returned a dozen couplets of cliches that touched nothing, changed nothing in me.…