A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for an ancient route.

Leyla Uysal, the founder of Bajer, uses the motifs from ancient Kurdish carpet-weaving techniques to shine a light on her people.

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside, as the old song goes. But better yet, with a cold beer in hand at a British pub.

reviving seeds from the “most ancient geography in the world.” The long-defunct crops of their Neolithic ancestors, Erdogan and Saracoglu suggest, contain a road map to creating a new ...

Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime, is best known for her classic British mysteries featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple ...

Hamas on Friday urged the international community to exert immediate pressure to end Israel's complete blockade of the Gaza Strip that has been in place since March 2. "The international community ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria and were part of the end to Israel's 1948 war. Information ...

The UN’s Palestinian Aid Controversy: What’s at Stake The leading UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees faces severe funding cuts and suspended services, with huge consequences for millions ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...