Rabbis and rabbinical students in the United States are more diverse than ever. That includes increasing numbers of women and LGBTQ+ people.

Environmental and Energy problems in the South Caucasus are providing opportunities for larger neighbors, such as Iran and ...

Amid Iran's deadly crackdown, three women share their stories of resistance, fear and an unyielding hope for freedom.

Moscow-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s health is in question, and speculation about succession is rife. The Kremlin wants to keep Chechnya quiet, especially amid the war on Ukraine. Kadyrov ...

Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently ...

In the 17th century, the Caucasus and Don region were lawless territories. One of the most well-known figures of those ...

Europeans were among 150 senior Islamic State group detainees transferred this week by the US military from Kurdish custody ...

ABU DHABI, 19th January, 2026 (WAM) -- The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity has announced the honourees of the prize’s 2026 edition: the historic peace agreement between the Republic of Armenia and ...

Hundreds of thousands in Russian-occupied parts of southern Ukraine were left without power on Sunday, according to Kremlin-installed authorities there.

Flag football has been added to the NCAA’s Emerging Sports for Women program and four other women’s sports were elevated to championship status, the NCAA announced Friday. Flag football has been one ...

People in the Philadelphia region are joining nationwide protests after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The shooting victim has been named as Renee Nicole Good, 37, a ...