MATARAM, Aug. 21 -- For the passengers aboard the crowded inter-island ferry when fire broke out somewhere in its hull, the Lombok Strait was not, on Wednesday, a transit route. It was the obstacle be... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- 48 in the afternoon and does not set until 27 minutes past midnight. Twenty-four hours ago it was gone by 11:41 pm, and the night before that by 11:03. The moon phase today, Augu... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Somewhere in their early 40s, many people report an unexpected shift: the self-doubt that once shadowed every major decision begins to quiet, replaced by something steadier and h... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The moon phase today, August 18, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent, about 34 percent illuminated and six days into the current lunar cycle. It is already above the horizon by early afte... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The moon phase today, August 17, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent, roughly 25 percent illuminated and about five days into the current lunar cycle. Look low in the western sky shortly ... Read More
HARARE, Aug. 16 -- Three toddlers named in the death toll from Zimbabwe's worst modern ferry disaster were about one year old. Wendy Ndandarika, McDonald Nyasha Gumpo, and Hailly Tauro were among the ... Read More
OTTAWA, Aug. 16 -- When Leanne Walker, a resident of Calgary, submitted a petition to Canada's House of Commons calling for the expulsion of the American ambassador, she likely did not anticipate that... Read More
MAUMERE, Aug. 16 -- Yulian Juita Ekalia had just stepped outside her apartment in Ruteng city when the ground shifted beneath her in a way she had never experienced. "It felt like we were on a trampol... Read More
PHOENIX, Aug. 16 -- The photograph was of a boat, of sunlight, of a toddler having a difficult afternoon. It was also of a 16-month-old boy without a life jacket. For Emilie Kiser, whose millions of T... Read More
The shrine, Aug. 16 -- Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's defense minister, walked into Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday and made no statement to the reporters waiting for him at the gate. He did not need to. In th... Read More