I spent the summer using the fantastic binomial technique developed by Gianni Rodari — the beloved Italian writer whose stories lit up my Bulgarian childhood — as a creative promp…
Saudi Arabia and Syria have formed a joint bank to make investment easier, as the two countries plan closer ties in transport and tourism. Several deals were announced on Thursday…
The Kamerton Prize — named for Anna Politkovskaya, a slain journalist for the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta — was awarded in Moscow for the 14th time. The prize take…
Exports of Russian and Kazakh oil through Novorossiysk plummeted in August compared with July, the Russian business daily Kommersant said, citing a review by the independent prici…
Officials review efforts being made to reduce war escalation and create ‘appropriate conditions’ for dialogue, Doha says
The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela's interim government about taking an ownership stake in the South American country's enormous oil resources, two U.S. officials…
Earth has survived asteroid impacts, volcanic catastrophes, ice ages, and dramatic changes in the Sun's brightness.
Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland have urged the European Union to reopen talks on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine, according to the Financial Times. The pu…
The Syrian Ministry of Education has designated Kurdish as an elective national language subject across all grade levels.
Trump talks to Al Jazeera, Qatar’s Prime Minister visits Tehran and a temporary route is agreed in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, met with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Baghdad to discuss expanding bilater
“If you can acknowledge it and you can relax with it a little bit, very often it shortens its duration.”