Haunted by images of terrified children living in the mist of war in his hometown of Aleppo, Syrian native Rami Adham wanted to help them. And so in 2012, he began a series of perilous journeys to smuggle toys into Aleppo. “Initially, I traveled to […]
BEIRUT, LEBANON — Within the confines of Lebanon’s Roumieh prison they gathered together as men recounting lives led before they became seen as terrorists. Inmates whose affiliations spanned across Islamic State (IS) and a gamut of other Islamist groups were in discussion and, for once, […]
The head of Iran’s space program made the suggestion at the October 4 launch of World Space Week. “[M]any in the world look at NASA’s programs,” Mohsen Bahrami, head of the Iranian Space Agency, said. “We are interested in having cooperation, naturally. When you are […]
Jo Du was being helped into her gorgeous white wedding dress this week when a tooth on the zipper broke. It was Sunday in Guelph, Ontario, and no tailor shop was open. Jo Du didn’t want to walk down the aisle to marry Earl Lee […]
The U.N. is planning to launch its first space mission into orbit, packed with scientific experiments from countries that can’t afford their own space programs. It’s teaming up with the Sierra Nevada Corporation, which makes the Dream Chaser, a reuseable spacecraft that, when it returns […]
NASA’s Swift gamma-ray burst space observatory launched an investigation to clarify a number mysterious radio sources detected decades ago. The Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C) is a database of radio sources detected in outer space, compiled in 1959. In 1962, the catalogue was […]
It’s believed to be a first — and it certainly came as a surprise: Ancient Roman coins have been found in the ruins of a castle in Okinawa, Japan, that dates to the 12th and 15th centuries. The copper coins were found in 2013; X-ray […]
Scientists have found tantalizing evidence of a liquid water ocean swirling under the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa, Nasa announced on Monday, with new evidence of water plumes bursting out into space. With Jupiter as a bright light behind the moon, the scientists observed […]
A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country’s male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. […]
Young 19-year-old Fahima Mohammadi has organized “her own funeral” and invited close friends to say goodbye last time. Kashmiri Shiite Muslim women participate in a Muharram procession in Srinagar, India © AP Photo/ Mukhtar Khan Talaq Talaq Talaq: Emergence of Islamic Feminism in India The […]
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