The research, published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, pushes back the age of archery in Europe by more than 40,000 years. The use of the bow-and-arrow in Africa has been documented to date back some 70,000 years. But the oldest previous evidence of archery in Europe was...
These threats were made by Alisher Mirzanabatov (лишер Мирзонаботов), the former deputy head of the dreaded Tajik secret police, the GKNB, which is modelled after the Soviet KGB. Currently, Mirzanabatov is the governor of the restive Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous province (GBAO)...
At least two Ismaili home owners in Mountainous Badakhshan were fined one month’s average wage each for hosting prayers in their homes. The regime banned such meetings in late 2022. Officials told elders on 14 January in Khorugh not to allow prayers in homes, that local people must remove...
But it could vanish due to factors including rising sea levels resulting in saltwater intrusion downstream. Global warming and misuse of the water source by humans are adding are also causing concern for its future. Naba Mohiedeen reports from Khartoum Ahmed Abakr has spent decades...
The remarks by Yuli Edelstein, head of the Israeli Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, were welcomed by Kyiv, but met no immediate response from Netanyahu. While it has condemned the Russian invasion and provided Ukraine with humanitarian relief and protective gear...
