Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”- Blaise Pascal Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

Over centuries, some of the world’s most recognizable symbols have completely lost their original meanings—or have been ...

The image of loose bamboo poles, skillfully bound and rising into a vertical tower, has long been both a technical marvel and a powerful cultural symbol. Save this picture! Hong Kong Bun Festival ...

In a significant move to honor the Kurdish Peshmerga's role in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), the city of Paris ...

Relics of war still linger in this German city but the Saxon capital is defined by a defiant spirit of renewal, with a thriving cultural scene and cutting-edge nightlife.

And blue jeans would have to rank high on the list of U.S. cultural exports. In November 1978, Levi Strauss & Co. began selling the first large-scale shipments of jeans behind the Iron Curtain ...

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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is showcasing 600 recovered objects, which date to between the Archaic period and the Middle Ages “The Great Moose Migration” shows the antler ...

Al-‘Ajlah succeeded Haitham Rizq Abd al-Karim Sheikh Khalil as commander of Hamas's Shejaiya battalion. Khalil was killed last week. Information ...