1534: Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad 1563: Council of Trent holds its last session after 18 years, the last ecumenical council for more than 300 years Famous and historically inaccurate painting of the English Pilgrims and Native American Wampanoag gathering and sharing a mealThe First Thanksgiving 1619: Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish, England, […]
By Martin Banks Recent events have led to fresh calls for the U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
By Martin Banks You might be craving for Christmas and its comforts.
By Martin Banks Emirates has been awarded ‘Best Long-Haul Airline 2025’.
1586: Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia 1854: Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences 1967: South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world’s first […]
By Martin Banks A Romani-Bosnian artist who seeks to empower Roma communities through both her cultural and social work has won a top cultural prize.
The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) elected 40 Member States to form its Council for the next two-year term, 2026–2027. The elections were completed on Friday during the proceedings of the Organization’s 34th Assembly, held at its headquarters in London. Cyprus was re-elected, ranking 7th, compared to 12th place in the previous election.
Greece joined 18 other European Union member-states in submitting national plans Sunday for the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) program, which offers low-interest loans to strengthen European defense capabilities.
1804: General Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French at the Notre Dame de Paris in a ceremony officiated by Pope Pius VII 1823: US President James Monroe declares the “Monroe Doctrine” opposing European colonialism in the Americas, arguing any European political intervention in the New World would be a hostile act against the […]
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Jean-Charles Zakaria is a distinguished fashion designer renowned for his early passion for fabrics, patterns, and textures, which sparked his journey into fashion. Launching his first haute couture collection, “Re-belle,” at the age of 18, Zakaria quickly gained acclaim as one of the Arab world’s most talented young […]
