Travelling to Tamil villages and rebuilding small, old mud-brick shrines in gleaming stone, the Chola dowager Sembiyan Mahadevi – Rajaraja’s great-aunt – effectively “rebranded” the family as the ...

Russia has launched one of its most intense aerial assaults in recent weeks, killing at least five civilians and injuring ...

Iran has intensified its crackdown on unrest, claiming it dismantled an Israeli-backed espionage network linked to the Baha’i ...