35+ min ago   (1151+ words) My, what a difference a few days makes. On Wednesday, it looked like a surprise offensive by Yemeni government forces had knocked Iran's proxies, the Houthis, back on their heels. In just a day of hard fighting, the Houthis had…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (267+ words) A regional train carrying 186 passengers derailed in northwestern France Friday evening, injuring 44 people — including a young woman critically (although she is expected to survive). A metal object was found on the track following the disaster. Officials suspect it wasn’t an…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (211+ words) Iraq's government was racing Saturday to contain the fallout after local Iran-backed militias were accused of attacking and shuttering a key Saudi pipeline. Though an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias in Iraq denied their involvement, Iraq's government confirmed the attacks…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (120+ words) In this video, Ed Barnhart explores the rise of Etowah, its six earthen pyramids, large plaza, homes, palisade walls, and the natural resources that helped support a thriving ancient city. He also looks at the remarkable artwork and trade networks…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (202+ words) ROME — Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence as a leader of campaigns by the Radical Party that legalized abortion and divorce in the 1970s in heavily Roman Catholic Italy against the objections of the Vatican, has died. She was 78. Her…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago   (363+ words) In the final quarter of the 20th century, the far-right was primarily associated with antisemitism and racism. By the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, however, its exclusionary rhetoric had increasingly shifted toward immigrants, while its traditional antisemitic positions…...

7+ hour, 41+ min ago   (174+ words) Leo XIV appoints Archbishop: “The Church is called to disappear so that the Kingdom may grow.” Today, Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Mario León Dorado, 52 — a T-shirt guy and an adherent of the heretical Abu Dhabi program — as Coadjutor Archbishop…...

7+ hour, 48+ min ago   (308+ words) The 25th anniversary of 9/11, and the ongoing controversy over the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, do not offer much direct humor, but mordant commentary is still deserving. Let’s start with 9/11, or better yet 9/12. What would you have thought on the day after if…...

8+ hour, 25+ min ago   (326+ words) The Synod documents emphasize the implementation of ‘gender equality’ and ‘co-responsibility’ in workplaces and the participation of consecrated laywomen in the election of bishops and chaplains.The Synod issued two new reports this week that include promoting “gender equality” across…...

8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (279+ words) More than any other premodern culture, the Romans are associated with feats of engineering. The Pantheon. The Colosseum. The Pont du Gard. Monuments that seem to defy both gravity and time. But sometimes, even the Romans fell short of completing…...