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ON September 22 and 23, the United Nations will hold its annual summit of national leaders at the General Assembly hall of ...

They are pious folk who take God or the gods for granted, even as they trust regional lore about dragons and trolls and fair ...

THIS is the moment Cardiff and Leeds fans united for a moving tribute to Sol Bamba after the ex-Prem star’s death aged 39.

Pitru Paksha - also known as the Shradh period - starts on the Pratipada Tithi of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada, ...

A video released last Tuesday by Halilu Sububu, the terrorism kingpin later killed by Nigerian soldiers in an ambush the same day, indicates he had a premonition of his own death. In the video ...

Jesus recognizes the difficulty of his disciples, their slowness in understanding. In the face of their obtuseness, Jesus continues to be a patient Teacher. Drawing close to them, he finds out why ...

Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that ... through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Aside from the time of mourning, the month of November, including ...

It’s not every day that exploding late-80s era communications devices fall into my wheelhouse of things to unpack. But here ...

Lekan Olatunji has sparked reactions after a picture of how he marked his wife's death anniversary surfaced online. He ...