Absolutely not! I knew what I wanted to write about, but I had to wait for that surprise cooker nugget before I could get going. Climate change is such awkward, intractable subjec…
Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Aug. 30 called on Muslim countries in the region to unite against the United States and Israel, in a written message issued six months on…
Khamenei urges Gulf rulers to confront their ‘real enemy’ as Iran keeps Hormuz restricted amid stalled diplomacy.
“There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.”
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We congregated there most weekends, eight of us, coming in from Bed-Stuy and Canarsie and lower Manhattan. I was renting a room on Second Avenue from a septuagenarian Buddhist who…
Niger's security forces have regained control of a major military airbase in the capital, Niamey, after hundreds of disgruntled soldiers launched a mutiny, in the latest challenge…
Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and humble beginnings — and made them their own.
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A Palestinian mother was seen in anguish as she cradled her son’s body. The boy was killed in an Israeli strike on Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.