International Desk

Rekabi competes without headscarf; receives hero's welcome in Iran

Tehran: Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran early Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of ...

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Commander of Apollo 9 mission, James McDivitt dies at 93

Washington: James A McDivitt, the commander of the Apollo 9 mission, which tested the first complete equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93 years old.McDivitt died Thursday in Tucs...

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Saint Willehad of Bremen

Saint Charles Borromeo; Patron Saint of Bishops, catechists and seminarians

Saint Charles Borromeo was the Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation combat against the Protestant Reformat...

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