The Umayyad desert castles are often described as mere stopovers or hunting lodges, but Quseir ‘Amra is something far more profound. It is a physical manifestation of the imagination of Caliph ...

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Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble ...

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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Monday night assured Nigerians across the country that the nation will never allow agents of instability to undermine its peace, unity, and sovereignty.President Tinubu gave ...

The head of DP World, the main Emirati logistics company, has been fired following revelations about his exchanges with the ...

States often succumb to the temptation of decapitation. But gunboats, poison pens and drones promise more than they deliver.

President Trump is tempering the political ambitions of María Corina Machado, a Nobel laureate, as he deepens ties with her foes in Venezuela.

A Senate vote to reopen the Department of Homeland Security failed on Thursday as the standoff over funding the department approached a second month. Democrats demanding significant restrictions on ...

If the Southern Traditional Rulers Council is perceived primarily as a political artefact, it will wither with shifting alignments.

The Rev. Paolo Venturelli never gets too close when he visits Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” The Dominican friar ...

The greatest loss in any conflict is human life. Yet war also erodes something equally irreplaceable—the cultural memory of ...