Ali Khamenei, who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, intensified the country’s focus on confronting Israel, ...

Ignorance is not merely the absence of formal education; it is the absence of critical thinking. Many people earn degrees but ...

Noted author Jason Burke delves into the personalities, tragic events, incidents, and political/religious fervor of the decade that spawned modern terrorism.

The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is no longer news, although there are still contradicting reports about his death.

Attending Islamic preaching sessions and Quran classes are key activities for many in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, writes ...

Across different regions and eras, several powerful leaders have met their end through targeted military strikes, rebel ...

"No Good Men" is the third of a planned five-part series Film likely to reach Afghans despite filmmaking ban Sadat stars as Naru after original actor withdraws unexpectedly BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - ...

Afghan director-star Shahrbanoo Sadat's third feature is a high-wire tonal experiment, placing a classic battle-of-the-sexes workplace romcom against a backdrop of life-or-death conflict. An inspired ...

Shahrbanoo Sadat’s “No Good Men,” which opens the Berlin Film Festival, mixes romance, politics and humor in ways that Afghan cinema has never done before. I wanted to make a romantic comedy because I ...

The opening night gala for the 2026 Berlinale boasted an array of top European talent and several emotional moments from Yeoh, Oscar winner Sean Baker, and German cinema legend Wim Wenders. By Lily ...

A good heart these days is hard to find, and never more so than in the middle of a war zone. Written and directed by Afghanistan’s Shahrbanoo Sadat, who also stars, No Good Men starts off as an ...

Russia said it plans to "interrogate" two suspects in the attempted assassination of a top military intelligence official who was ambushed in Moscow Friday, according to a Russian newspaper. The ...