Each year, Pakistan commemorates "Right to Self-Determination Day" concerning Kashmir, accusing India of denying Kashmiri ...

Liberal internationalism is under pressure from two directions. On one side sits an authoritarian right that treats power as its own justification. On the other side sits a left that increasingly ...

Baghdad’s Friday prayer leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Yassin Mousavi, has warned that Iraq and the wider region are entering a ...

Folklore suggests the weather on New Year's Day, from rain to sunshine, can predict luck and prosperity for the year ahead.

Fossilized footprints, preserved in gypsum mud that hardened over time, are estimated to be 23,000-21,000 years old. NPS / Alamy Ancient human footprints, preserved in a dry lakebed at White Sands ...

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Many cultures mark New Year’s with superstitions for luck, from eating 12 grapes at midnight to wearing lucky colors and avoiding chores on January 1.

Formed 25 million years ago and involving violent steam-blast eruptions caused by magma pressure deep within the earth, the Superstition Mountains are a collapsed volcanic caldera. Several gold ...

One's food choices reflect individual autonomy, cultural identity, ethical beliefs, and sometimes even health needs.