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The father of a disabled boy who claimed he was humiliated by being ejected from the grounds of Ireland’s biggest mosque by a garda during a row over parking during a religious festival has failed in ...

As the number of Muslims living in Japan continues to increase, so does the demand for burial grounds in a nation where more ...

Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day Tuesday, ...

Tens of thousands of Palestinians began arriving in northern Gaza, months after Israel ordered them out. The Israel-Hamas ...

Canada’s longest running national engineering competition is back — and this year, it’s sliding straight into Quebec. Over ...

Every two years, the World Monuments Fund creates a list of 25 monuments of global significance deemed most in need of restoration. From a modernist icon in Angola to the cultural wreckage of Gaza, th ...

Some people are happiest when lost in a country's nature, while others feel more at home in a city. A town's bright attractions and sense of history have a powerful allure. The greatest cities often ...

African migrants said that repressive European anti-migration enforcement and coercive smugglers pushed them towards New York ...

This Indonesian island is the paradise-esque destination on so many travel insiders’ lips right now. And for good reason — ...

Hindu, Muslim, Lutheran and Unitarian Universalist students speak on how their organizations and community shape their ...

Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I ...