An East Hampshire man celebrating a stag do in Dubai found himself caught up in the escalating Middle East conflict after his hotel was struck by what is believed to be shrapnel. Managing director ...

Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday) is when families and friends celebrate delicious fasting foods and the widespread custom of flying kites. For most children, this is the essential activity of the day.

The Pakistani city of Lahore celebrated the revival of a historic kite festival called Basant last weekend, 19 years after kite flying there was deemed too dangerous and banned. Earlier this month, ...

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. The desire to fly is both ancient and universal. It is an essential element in our oldest stories of gods and heroes in cultures ...

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A joint rescue operation for a downed kite surfer is underway near the Ventura Pier Thursday. According to the City of Ventura, firefighters with Ventura City Fire Department ...

A Facebook post intended to be what the owner of a Lincoln restaurant says was a political joke backfired.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. By three o’clock on the first Saturday in February, Lahore is already in motion. The streets pulse with ...

The stabilized-optics revolution has just been downsized. Kite Optics’ new Stabi One, a stabilized 10x monocular the size of a salt shaker, is an adequate viewing companion on its own. But connect it ...

As I run on midwinter blah time, I opt to explore some of life’s unsung questions, like why so many of us sing in the shower. Researching the matter, I was surprised to find the subject is heavily ...