This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

A European naval force in the Mideast helped free a Yemeni fishing boat seized by suspected Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa.

Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by ...

Historia/Shutterstock What Alexander achieved in his 32 years is “unique,” says Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis professor ...

The City of Toronto ensures that tenants live in safe, well-maintained buildings through RentSafeTO, a bylaw enforcement program. Building owners must comply with the bylaws within the program or face ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years, according to new research. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans being nourished by their protein-rich milk ...

In our popular media no less than our politics, the Middle East is a site of conflict, trauma and terrorism. Even in narratives that are sympathetic and relatively nuanced, or which diagnose the ...

Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 1,7200-year-old artifact found in a city where Jesus spent most of his life.