Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

The year 2025 marks a pivotal moment for Turkmenistan as it commemorates three decades of its established status as a neutral state, coinciding with the International Year of Peace and Trust – a ...

China: Documentary filmmaker Chen Pinlin sentenced to three and a half years for covering historic protests against censorship Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the three-and-a-half-year ...

In fact, it actually lays bare the cult of personality as represented by Julius Malema. This is the cult of personality that some of us have been bewailing about for some time now. The chief ...

If you’re going to join a cult formed around the ideas of communal living, free love and preaching Western esotericism, the chances are you’re going to want to find something else to do with your free ...

France's new health minister has risked souring his relationship with wine-loving President Emmanuel Macron by saying that he would be participating in Dry January. Yannick Neuder, who took up his ...

As the Liberia steps into 2025, the Unity Party reaffirmed its commitment to fostering a governance style grounded in modesty and national service, reiterating that the presidency is a position of ...

Gisèle Pelicot has been named France's Personality of the Year in a French opinion poll, following a much-publicised trial against her ex-husband and 50 other men found guilty of systematically ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The actress is starring in the Broadway play “Cult of Love,” about a dysfunctional family gathered for the holidays.

Over the course of 2024, FoodTok — a portmanteau of “food” and the social media app “TikTok” — truly became obsessed with cookies. Not just any kind of cookies, but large, buttery ones ...