Explore Asia's ancient cities, including Varanasi, Xi'an, Kyoto, Angkor, Bagan, Kathmandu, Petra, and Lhasa. Discover their ...

The practice goes back to the Mesopotamian civilisation thousands of years before Pope Gregory in 1582 refined the Roman calendar and retained—as the first month—January, named after a pagan ...

An Orthodox Christian from Concord claims he smashed down The Satanic Temple display outside the State House last month because it was his religious duty to “destroy idolatrous statues ...

The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in north-eastern Myanmar, might seem to be a respite from the country’s brutal civil war. Instead, the blooms are a symptom: It is all opium poppy in ...

Process to adopt a child internationally and bring them back to Canada.

Rooted in pagan traditions and most authentically preserved in the Carpathians, Malanka transforms Ukrainian towns into stages of wild revelry every January 13th. It’s a night of vibrant costumes, ...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday (December 30, 2024) that demographic data along the Myanmar border, especially in Nagaland, Mizoram, and Manipur, should be mapped to help ...

An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in November.Credit...Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Supported by By Hannah Beech Reporting from Shan and Karen states in Myanmar ...

An ethnic Rakhine armed group has claimed the seizure of another township in Rakhine State in western Myanmar, vowing to safeguard Chinese investments in the region. In a statement posted to its ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government has suffered a series of setbacks in the armed campaign against the military government as other rebel groups seek dialogue with the ...