In 1940, at the height of World War II, Italy invaded Egypt from its colony in Libya. The region later fell under the power ...

The 8 days of Hanukkah [which means “dedication.”] are often referred to as the Festival of Lights because they also teach: ...

And this chariot was found in a very distant province, right on the far eastern edge of the empire, somewhere on the borders of modern Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It's part of a huge hoard of gold and ...

From the Temple of Dendur to Van Gogh's masterpieces, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is home to some a vast ...

BCE, two great figures of ancient military history passed away. One was the Roman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus; the ...

The sudden political developments in Syria have the Greek community and Orthodox Christians on alert, asking for the support ...

One year after Hamas gunmen broke out of Gaza to carry out the deadliest attack in Israel's history, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins and regional conflict ...

Why is Tipu relevant now? Should we bother about historic personalities who are long dead and gone? That is almost like ...

Moscow deployed four Kinzhal air-launched missiles, two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, one Kh-23 North Korean ballistic missile, 55 Kh-101 and Kh-55SM cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS bomber ...

I thought we might be on to a winner with this book after the opening sentence. ‘From an early age,’ Simon Mayall writes, ‘I ...

Donald Trump on Sunday said Syrian President Bashar Assad has fled his country and his protector Putin, “was not interested in protecting him any longer”.

In the province of Hatay, in southern Turkey, there is a mountain range locally known as Nur Dağları. Arabs call it Jabal ...