Syrian airline “Sham Wings” owned by Syrian businessman Mohammad Issam Shamout, who is listed on the U.S. and European sanctions lists. Credit: Fly Cham/Facebook BEIRUT — On June 5, it was officially ...

BERLIN — The holidays are over. The New Year has begun. It is a time when many of us roll off the couch, pull on the trainers we were given for Christmas and head to the gym or out for a run in the ...

VATICAN CITY — As of 2024, there are precisely 764 people living in Vatican City. A small group indeed, as just a few of the employees of the Holy See have a right to live “behind the walls.” Among ...

The city of Râmnicu Vâlcea in Romania, a.k.a. "Hackerville" Facebook page RAMNICU VALCEA – To the tourist eye, Râmnicu Vâlcea is a quiet, leafy city. Located at the bottom of the Carpathian mountain ...

But the stance towards what is happening in Gaza, whether at the level of the Arab League or individual countries, peoples or rulers, is still quite timid in the face of Israel’s unrestrained efforts ...

Promotional photo of a pool from Luxury Lifestyle Vacations’ 2023 “Virgin Voyages” Caribbean cruise vacation package. @llvclub on Facebook José and Claudia Aguirre are Mexicans living in Miami and ...

WANSEKO — Seeing elephants in the small fishing village of Wanseko, Uganda, used to be extremely rare. But in recent months, incursions have multiplied, and with them, the damage of crops and attacks ...

BOONE COUNTY — The humidity is such that the air here in Arkansas seems almost sticky. The forest, dark against the rosy dusk sky, resonates with the sound of insects. A small group of people dressed ...

️ You can receive our LGBTQ+ International roundup every week directly in your inbox. Subscribe here. Three months after the deadline, “most human rights organizations still have no information about ...

DIE ZEIT: Frank Böttcher, Klaus Richter, the professional associations of meteorologists and physicists in Germany warn that the Earth could have warmed by 3 °C by 2050. That is only 25 years away. Do ...

During a large far-right demonstration through Ostkreuz and Friedrichshain in Berlin in March 2025, a participant wears a balaclava depicting the Imperial Eagle, a symbol associated with extremist ...

As 2023 draws to a close, Worldcrunch has asked its writers to reflect on the past year — and look ahead to 2024. About six months ago, my physical exhaustion and mental deterioration had become so ...