Rare earth minerals have become the backbone of modern technology, fueling everything from smartphones and electric vehicles to advanced military systems. As nations race to secure these vital ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time. The ...

Until the atlas’s release last year, much of West Africa was a blank spot on the world’s seagrass map. Just a handful of years ago, many officials at Sierra Leone’s Environment Protection ...

Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and ...

Their priorities, preferences and aspirations seem almost beside the point in Mr. Trump’s ambition to redraw the map of the world along “America First” lines. Even Ukrainians now appear at ...