Day: January 13, 2025

If you’re planning a devotional trip to the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, here’s a travel guide to help plan better

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.

Over about the next six weeks, at least 400 million Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers, hoping to be released from the cycle of rebirth.

Israel and Hamas are understood to be making progress but uncertainty remains over aspects of a deal.

Donald Trump’s silly season has already caused irreparable damage to United States national security. Despite not yet holding office for a minute, Trump has made it plain that in his second term the U.S. will be an unreliable partner swayed by his personal whim, that he has no respect for historic alliances and that he has contempt for the rule-based international order that the U.S. has led since the end of World War II to prevent the…

The Maha Kumbh Mela began today at Sangam, where the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet.

Mediator Qatar has handed Israel and Hamas a “final” draft of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement designed to end the war in Gaza, an offical briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday.

The 12-year gap between Kumbh Melas is linked to Hindu mythology and astronomical factors, including Jupiter’s 12-year orbit around the Sun.

After making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters are preparing for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the flames on Monday.