A recent book argues Pakistan can leverage its strategic location and become an engine of trade and global growth, but ...

Alexandria on the Tigris reemerges as archaeologists map a forgotten port city that once powered ancient global trade.

Astrology, the belief that the positions of celestial bodies influence earthly events and human lives, has been a pervasive ...

A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid. Ziggurats were common in ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq) from around 4,000 ...

Over 5,000 years ago, in the scorching heart of ancient Mesopotamia, the city of Uruk rose to become the largest and most advanced settlement in the world. Home to nearly 80,000 people, it boasted ...

Latter-day Saint Bible scholar Dan McClellan isn’t shy about acknowledging that his church’s move endorsing English Bible translations beyond the King James Version is likely to lead to some ...

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

Google Maps is the king of navigation apps. We all know that. The whole world knows that. However, most people don't even use a quarter of its feature lineup. To be honest, most people I know only use ...

Two Brooklyn scammers pleaded guilty on Thursday to defrauding a whopping $68 million from the state’s controversial Medicaid home care program by paying health care kickbacks for services they didn’t ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In a major victory for Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic Party, a federal court in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday ...

As Californians cast votes in the final hours on whether to redraw their congressional maps to favor Democrats, another state abandoned its efforts. The Kansas House Speaker announced Tuesday that the ...

Since 1995, there have been two MLK Day parades in the city. The Black Heritage Society and MLK Grande Parade are joining forces this year with the backing of Mayor John Whitmire.