The militant group’s leader admits that the toppling of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, cut off an important land route from Iran. By Alan Yuhas and Dayana Iwaza At the country’s most ...

The kingdom, which has been accused of trying to “sportswash” its human rights record, hosted the WTA Finals, part of its unstoppable advance into the world of sports. Shohei Ohtani, ...

Now that the skippers are well into their circumnavigation of Antarctic it’s a good time to learn about the polar scientific stations which are situated in some of the most remote, hostile parts of ...

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The Vendée Globe aims to use the media impact of the event to raise public awareness of ocean conservation throughout the round-the-world race. By sailing around the world, the Vendée Globe sailors ...

Haven is a three-site map that takes place within a large temple in Bhutan’s capital city of Thimphu. In the real world, those coordinates are home to a small street with a gas station and ...

When it comes to the best open world games, the vast sweep of contenders matches the size and scope of the worlds they encompass. Being dropped into a massive map is always exciting, whether you ...

Even the family’s pet hamster. “On April 28, the apartment building where we lived [in Randolph] burned to the ground,” the mother of three writes to Globe Santa. “It doesn’t exist ...

Time-travelling drama about the Japanese American legends of US military history.