Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...

The region of Anatolia, now modern-day Turkey, has always been prime geopolitical real estate, acting as a crossroads between Asia and Europe. Flanked by the Black and Mediterranean Seas, this ...

Historic figures like Cleopatra take on a rather mythical quality over time. Between her very real reign, torrid love life, ...

This weekend is your last chance to visit Winnipeg’s biggest fresh floral experience of the year. Since Jan. 15, the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a portion of Jerusalem’s “First Wall” tucked inside a historic complex near the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. Historical ...

ANKARA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday it had found a Russian-origin Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle in the northwestern city of Kocaeli, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said ...

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn. By Robin George Andrews Something ominous is happening deep below the Sea of Marmara in ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

(Fulya OZERKAN/AFP/AFP) On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world's ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of ...

TROY, N.Y. —Troy’s streets came alive with holiday spirit Thursday morning as more than 7,484 registered runners — the highest total in more than a decade — gathered for the 78th Troy Turkey Trot, ...

Several "Turkey Trot" running events are scheduled for Thanksgiving Day 2025 across the Lower Shore of Maryland and Delaware. This year's events include Salisbury's Turkey Trek 5k, Ocean City's ...