Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 3,000-year-old celebration of spring, rooted in the ancient religion ... and Central Asia, games originating in nomadic communities are popular, while in Iran ...

Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children's ... line to justify its claims over most of the resource-rich South China ...

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived ...

The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.

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Challenges to disaster response: Myanmar, one of Asia’s poorest nations ... listed as missing in the Thai capital. Most are laborers trapped in the rubble of this collapsed tower near the Chatuchak ...

These popular playthings have been pulled from shops ... Beijing has long used the line to justify its claims over most of the resource-rich South China Sea, often to the displeasure of Vietnam ...

A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake has rocked the Thai capital, causing buildings to sway. The US Geological Survey and ...

It was supposed to stop with Ayodhya. But Kashi, Mathura, Sambhal and a flurry of other mandir-masjid disputes signal a new phase of Hindu revivalism ...

The event is called Code & Cosmos, and its underlying thesis is that the fields of science and technology, once considered diametrically opposed to religion and spirituality, might converge with ...

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A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar today, sending tremors as far as Bangkok, and prompting both ...