A French forensic psychiatric report has concluded that the suspect in the killing of Assyrian Christian refugee Ashur Sarnaya was fully responsible for his actions at the time of the crime, according to findings cited by Le Figaro.
Assyrian-Australian football prospect Gabriel Tilo has received his first international call-up, joining Australia’s U20 national team — the Young Socceroos — in a major milestone for the 17-year-old’s rapidly rising career.
Significant steps were taken earlier this year regarding the future for Assyrians in Turkey's Tur Abdin region as two Turkish ministers agreed to form special commissions to look into Assyrian land and property issues.
Drought and overpopulation helped destroy Assyrian Empire, study says. Researchers see parallels with modern Syria and Iraq, and caution other regions also facing weather stresses.
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A newly published scientific study has shed light on the deep culinary traditions of ancient Mesopotamia, revealing that complex bread-making practices existed in Beth-Nahrin nearly 9,000 years ago.
A U.S.-based Assyrian organization dedicated to reconnecting diaspora youth with their ancestral homeland has announced the postponement of its upcoming annual trip to Assyria, citing growing instability in Iraq.
Two Assyrian high school students from Södertälje are earning national attention after turning a popular social media beauty trend into a scientific investigation that may now win them a prestigious award.
Assyrians must shift their collective thinking from emotional reflex to analytical reasoning when confronting the debate over identity and unity, writes Daniel Sada.
