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• On the trail of the elusive Christian Assyrians: travels in Tur Abdin January 12, 2025 5:12 pm The Catholic Herald Online Last autumn, I took my parents on a drive from Ganzantiep in the south of Turkey to Kars in the north east. It is a culturally rich area of the world with ruins of countless civilisations, from pre-Pottery Neolithic to Ottoman. One area and its people …
• Where did coffee originate? The unlikely discovery of coffee January 12, 2025 4:43 pm The Manual - Oregon Table of Contents Table of Contents Where did coffee originate? The discovery of coffee spreads The birth of the coffee house Coffee in Europe Many things we take for granted in our daily lives, such as a delicious cup of coffee, have a long history to …
• The Republic of Yemen, the Houthi Terror Organization, and International Law January 12, 2025 4:42 pm Daily Alert Paradoxically, despite its present hostile activity against Israel and international shipping, the historical territory called Yemen was purportedly the home to figures such as the Queen of Sheba, who brought a caravan of gifts for King Solomon. In the …
• Report: 1 in 8 Christians Worldwide Is Persecuted ‘Because of Faith in Jesus’ January 12, 2025 3:20 pm The Daily Signal - Washington D.C. One in every eight Christians around the world faces persecution, ranging from imprisonment and censorship to extra-judicial and government-sanctioned martyrdom, according to a new report. “Each year, an estimated 300 million Christians around the world …
• Opinion ‘Home is memory’: How Jews make sense of what they’ve lost in the LA fires and what remains By Sharon Brous 10 min read January 12, 2025 3:07 pm Forward Rick Law (left) gets a helping hand from an LA County Firefighter as he digs throw rubble trying to recovery mementoes in the rubble of his Altadena home that burned to the ground Jan. 10, 2024. Photo by Barbara Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty …