Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, final elections results showed Tuesday, while more than a…
Brian na Múrtha Ó Ruairc – Sir Brian O’Rourke
The death of this Brian was one of the mournful stories of the Irish, for there had not been for…
Milesians – “Soldier of Hispania”
In the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history, the Milesians (Irish: gairthear Mílidh Easpáinne) are the final race to settle in Ireland. They…
Theotokos – Mary, mother of Jesus
Theotokos (Greek: Θεοτόκος, Greek pronunciation: [θeoˈtokos]) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are Dei Genitrix or Deipara (approximately “parent (fem.) of God”).…
The Rus’ siege of Constantinople of 860
The siege of Constantinople of 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus’ Khaganate recorded in Byzantine and Western European sources. The casus belli was the construction of…
Rus’ Khaganate – “the men who row”
The Rus’ Khaganate, also Russkiy Khaganate (Belarusian: Рускі каганат, Ruski kahanat, Russian: Русский каганат, Russkiy kaganat, Ukrainian: Руський каганат, Ruśkyj kahanat), is the name applied by some modern historians to a polity postulated…
Jeremiah’s Mysterious Royal Voyage
Who, then, is the “tender one” of Ezekiel’s riddle? The answer, in part, lies with a mysterious commission given to…
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
The Principality or, from 1253, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ukrainian: Галицько-Волинське князівство, romanized: Halytsko-Volynske kniazivstvo; Latin: Regnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae), historically known as the Kingdom of Ruthenia (Old East Slavic: Королѣвство Русь, romanized: Korolěvstvo Rusĭ, Ukrainian: Королівство Русь, romanized: Korolivstvo…
Shireen Abu Akleh – killed by the IDF
The brother of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Monday blasted the violent intervention by Israeli police into her funeral as “unacceptable and…
The roots of the ‘great replacement theory’
The man authorities say opened fire in a Buffalo grocery store Saturday, killing 10, appears to have left behind a white supremacist document centered…
Scientists grow plants in soil from the moon
In a NASA-funded study, scientists at the University of Florida grew plants in soil collected from the moon, according to…
Pashtunwali – “the way of the Afghans”
Pashtunwali (Pashto: پښتونولي) is the traditional lifestyle and is best described as a subconcious social code of honour practiced by Pashtun people, by which…
The Dalai Lama – His Holiness
The Dalai Lamas are believed by Tibetan Buddhists to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and…
FREE TIBET
China is very aware of the strength of the movement for Tibet’s freedom. Inside Tibet, it uses repression and violence…
– the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama
A couple of years ago, during a meeting of Tibetan leaders in Dharamshala in India, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai…
Avalokiteśvara – compassion of all Buddhas
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara ( Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर /ˌʌvəloʊkɪˈteɪʃvərə/) is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He has 108 avatars; one notable avatar being Padmapāṇi, the one who holds the lotus…
New Israeli Border Policies Restrict Visitors
On February 20th, a unit of the Israeli Ministry of Defense called Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT)…
Palestinians facing eviction by Israel
Everything here is makeshift, a result of decades of uncertainty. Homes are made from tin and plastic sheets, water is…
Israel set to approve 4,000 settler units
If approved, it would be the biggest advancement of illegal settlement plans since US President Joe Biden took office. Israel…
WHAT THE U.S. COULD HAVE BOUGHT
We could have had a cooler planet, universal health care, and an end to the coronavirus pandemic — if we’d…
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