Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...

Ten of thousands of Shiite Muslims across the world marked Ashoura on Sunday, a solemn day marking the 7th-century martyrdom ...

Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith.

Tens of thousands of pilgrims on Sunday to marked Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of ...

With the onset of Muharram, Muslims worldwide commemorate the Battle of Karbala. The battle was fought on the 10th of Muharram, 61 Hijri (October 10, 680 CE), in the plains of Karbala in Iraq. This ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Pope Leo XIV greets Buddhist monks who present him with gifts during a meeting with religious leaders at the Vatican May 19, 2025. The leaders were in Rome for the pope’s inauguration Mass. (CNS ...

World Greek firefighters battle wildfire on island of Crete Sustainability · July 2, 2025 · 11:09 PM PDT · 8 mins ago The blaze was charged by gale force winds that hindered firefighting efforts.

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Aides to President Bashar al-Assad were brainstorming mess­aging ideas. A film crew had set up cameras and lights nearby. Syria’s state-run television station was ready to broadcast the finished ...

Noah’s Ark possibly marked on world’s oldest map from 3,000 years ago: scientists By Brooke Steinberg Published Oct. 29, 2024, 12:40 p.m. ET ...