The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches sets the legal quorum at two-thirds of the synod fathers "after excluding those detained by a legitimate impediment," so that the synod may be considered ...

Archaeologists in Russia have uncovered the remains of a roughly 6,000-year-old board game that could represent an ancestor of chess.

In what can been a first in its kind, the Western Prelacy’s Book Series ‒ Fundamentals and Phases in the Making of the Western Armenian World ‒was the subject of a round table discussion, entitled ...

Iran’s sports minister has declared that the nation cannot participate in a tournament cohosted by the United States “under ...

The patriarch of one of the most important Christian churches in the Middle East retired on Tuesday, setting the stage for new leadership as war engulfs the region.

Cottage cheese is having a quiet comeback, and it is not just for people who are dieting. It is white, curdy, calcium rich, and suddenly all over social media again because it fits into both sweet and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The proposed Independence Arch in Washington DC needs to be greenlit, among others, by Congress and the Federal Aviation ...

History in the Middle East rarely begins where modern analysts think it does. Most discussions of geopolitics start with the Cold War, the Iranian Revolution, ...

With a sparkling embroidered presence, a patterned textile, and a royalty-like silhouette, the Kaftan quickly rose as a top wardrobe choice, particularly when elegance meets modesty in Ramadan. Its ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel Hana Shaleta, head of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St Peter the Apostle in California, following his arrest on charges of embezzlement ...

• 13 million years ago, a medium-sized monkey known for guarding its territory among the treetops with a fearsome “howl” started doing something new. This monkey, one of the oldest known ancestors of ...