Each year, the thick, porridge-like soup is made in a large, communal pot with sometimes dozens of cooks taking part in the process to crush and stir the cream-colored wheat.

The bust follows a yearlong operation by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General into what authorities term a case of “modern-day slavery.” ...

Investigating rumored FEMA map of potential nuclear targets in the US The map dates to 2002 and illustrates hypothetical Russian nuclear attacks on the U.S.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Trump bombs Iran, talks regime change, raises the ghosts of Iraq The risk of a spiraling conflagration that pulls the U.S. in deeper flies in the face of Trump’s own rhetoric about righting the ...

Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern kings?

At Lincoln Center, the Toronto-based theater company Why Not strives to balance the old and new in its production of the Sanskrit epic.

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly enslaved Black Americans at the end of the Civil War.

The Assyrian community has been living in modern-day Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. However the lack of formal recognition of their indigenous status in Iraq's constitution denies the community ...

'I could have easily seen myself at UAE, like Pogačar' - All-time great Eddy Merckx reveals his team of choice in modern-day peloton ...

There are about 30 protests planned in Maine. No Kings protest map To see a map of registered No Kings protests across the U.S., go to nokings.org. What has Trump said about the June 14 protests?

How Should a Modern-Day Father Be? On a work day in Midtown Manhattan, dads attended an event about the future of fatherhood. (It was organized by moms.) ...