In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...

The Iraqi Minister of Culture stated on Sunday that efforts are being exerted to restore the ancient city of Nimrud in ...

Facing recurrent cycles of terror-violence in a “state of nature,” [1] Israel must defend itself in both law [2] and strategy ...

The destruction of Nimrud city drew widespread ... Located 32 km south of Mosul and 360 km north of Baghdad, Nimrud was the capital of the Assyrian Empire between approximately 1250 BC and 610 ...

Adam Kelwick from Liverpool's Abdullah Quilliam Mosque is touring Syria to distribute meals and money during Ramadan ...

If you are, say, in Mosul or Baghdad, in Damascus or Aleppo ... with stress on the two sides of the spectrum, from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to acts of terrorism. We will look at the issue of ...

Landslides and avalanches can block and damage transport infrastructure and cause devastation to human settlements and activities. Geohazard events are being observed in mountain regions globally and ...

Sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds SSW at 11 mph (17.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 10 mph (6.4 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C). Partly ...

Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large and founder the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as ...

A federal judge instructed the Trump administration to explain why its failure to turn around flights carrying deportees to El Salvador did not violate his court order. The Coconino County Sheriff ...

Two recent books, by Peter Beinart and Rachel Shabi, discuss the response of Jewish communities in the West to the Hamas attacks of 7 October and Israel’s subsequent destruction of... A decade ago, ...

9 places around the world shaped like a ... 9 saddest countries in the world; know w ...