Aurangzeb’s belief in the most austere form of Islam led him to decree that his grave be simple and unmarked, in a plot that ...

Political temperature is rising in Maharashtra over a vehement demand by the right-wing organisations Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, for the demolition of the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb ...

The nation's interim rulers have struggled to exert their authority across much of Syria since the Islamist former insurgent group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, led a lightning insurgency that ...

The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, ...

By the time the dust settles — with Daenerys Targaryen assassinated by her lover/nephew Jon Snow and the Iron Throne up for grabs — there is no Iron Throne at all, and the mystical Bran Stark ...

Witnesses describe chaotic scenes where unidentified men, some in Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) uniforms and others in plain clothes forcefully arrested journalists, bundling them into ...

Israel has said it is ready to protect the Druze of Syria if they come under attack by the country’s new rulers. Many Druze have rejected Israel’s overtures, and critics accuse Israel of ...

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