Donald Trump has heaped praise on his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, said Puerto Rico’s leaders should be “very proud” of the low official death toll – and appeared to complain at the cost of the recovery effort.The US president’s remarks came on his first visit to the US territory since it was pummeled by a category 4 hurricane nearly …

An actor (often actress for females; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs “in the flesh” in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is , literally “one who answers”.

They may not be able to drive in the Kingdom yet, but Saudi Arabian women sure can fight like a girl. And there is one woman in particular who is leading this movement, 39 year old Halah Al Hamrani who owns a private gym in Jeddah called Flagboxing. She is considered to be the first female kickboxing and boxing trainer …

Fractured by internal conflict and foreign intervention for centuries, Afghanistan made several tentative steps toward modernization in the mid-20th century.

The Mourning of Muharram is a set of rituals associated with both Shia and Sunni Islam. The commemoration falls in Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Many of the events associated with the ritual take place in congregation halls known as Hussainia.

In Persian culture it refers to condolence theater and Naqqali which are traditional Persian theatrical genres in which the drama is conveyed wholly or predominantly through music and singing. It dates from before the Islamic era and the tragedy of Saiawush in Shahnameh is one of the best examples.

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.

On Friday, the current first lady held her first event in the White House Kitchen Garden, founded by Obama in 2009 as part of her healthy eating initiative.

The War was an armed conflict between homeland and Iraq lasting from 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded homeland, to August 1988. The war followed a long history of border disputes, and was motivated by fears that the Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq’s Shi’ite majority, as well as Iraq’s desire to replace Iran as the dominant Persian …

Repoussé or repoussage is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. It is a form of toreutics.There are few techniques that offer such diversity of expression while still being relatively economical. Chasing is the opposite of repoussé, and the two are used …