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

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

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

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 ...

Video. The bells of St Peter’s tolled on Wednesday as Pope Francis’ body was transferred to St Peter’s Basilica, beginning ...

People in costumes with Chinese elements pose for photos at the 2025 International Chinese Language Day event in Almaty, Kazakhstan ... Chinese traditional painting, Hanfu as well as Guzheng ...