Islamic State (IS) militants attacked a village south of Mosul, killing several people including two journalists, even as ...

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since its rehabilitation in 2022, says project organizer The post In Iraq, ...

One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals aims to secure clean water and good sanitation for all by 2030, in recognition of ...

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U.S. warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear sites in a dramatic escalation—just the latest in a long, bloody pattern. From proxy ...

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Sharjah’s Faya palaeolandscape has won Unesco World Heritage Status. The ancient desert in central Sharjah boasts one of the world’s oldest and most uninterrupted records of human presence, dating ...

THE Duracell Bunny is about to keel over. His batteries are on the blink. The “New Energy” promised by former ­Taoiseach, the young pup Simon Harris, turned out to be nothing more than a blast of ...

There are today more than 650 million women suffering the direct consequences of child marriage. Global instability - war and ...

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Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...