The primary wedding celebration, or “uilenu toi,” takes place at the groom’s home. Guests arrive before the bride and groom, ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

The 47th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) ended in the capital on April 24. During the week, more than 200 films ...

ASTANA – The Bozok Museum-Reserve has ambitious plans to become a major cultural and economic hub, enhancing tourism in ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. He was ...

Francis’ papacy has been historic. He embraced the marginalised in ways that no pope had done before. He not only deepened the Catholic Church’s commitment to the poor in its religious life, but also ...

Tahar Ben Jelloun, the acclaimed Moroccan-French author, has long been a voice against racism and ignorance. His seminal book Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille (Racism Explained to My Daughter) has j ...

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on February 28, 2025. OBITUARY: POPE FRANCIS, LEADER OF THE ...

For millennia, Kazakhstan has stood at a vital junction along the ancient Silk Road, its strategic location forging a link ...

According to sources, the new dress code applies strictly to government-run educational institutions. Students are now required to wear a traditional outfit, primarily shalwar kameez, with the ...