At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to ...

772: Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 1327: Teenager Edward III is crowned king of England but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1587: ...

Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

Few religious leaders can claim to have charmed British royalty, owned legendary racehorses and  become a symbol for ...

Throughout his life, Aga Khan IV championed the belief that Islam is a thinking, spiritual faith that teaches compassion, tolerance, and the dignity of humankind.

As leader of a branch of Shiite Islam, the Aga Khan mixed business projects and humanitarian initiatives as he built a ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath ... Bashar Assad in late 2024? According to new research co-written by a University of Illinois ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017. Nearly eight ...

The militarization of international politics leads to hostility instead of more peace between societies. By Michael Müller, Peter Brandt, Reiner Braun as ...