Karwa Chauth 2025: UAE Moonrise timings, fasting rules, and ritual details | World News

Karwa chauth UAE/ Image credits: Getty Images Karwa Chauth will be observed across the UAE on Friday, October 10, 2025. Married women will observe a strict fast from sunrise to moonrise, following traditional rituals that include pre-dawn meals (Sargi), evening puja, and moon-sighting ceremonies.This article explores the significance, rituals, timings, and celebrations of Karwa Chauth […]

Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel to start centuries-old secret ritual to elect a new pope | World News

VATICAN CITY: With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history. Two by two, the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel chanting the meditative “Litany […]