Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated the Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the ...

The tension between past empires and modern nationalism remains a challenge, but as the world evolves, this challenge can be ...

On the eve of the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, around 400 people were killed in the clashes between mostly Iranian Shia pilgrims, ...

The Ottoman minaret, which is the standard minaret type in Türkiye and across the Balkans as well as being found in the ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

The abandoned ghost village of Levissi (known today as Kayaköy) was once an area bustling with Greeks on the slopes of a hill in Asia Minor.

Kenize Mourad denies working for US agency following Sunday Times investigation into Cairo killing of correspondent ...

In a world dominated by sultans, it was the women of the Ottoman Empire who truly held power behind the throne. 👑🔥 This International Women's Day, we explore the Sultanate of Women—a fascinating era ...

Soviet forces under Stalin’s orders deported nearly 200,000 Crimean Tatars, the peninsula’s native population, to Central ...

Published in 1961 as The Great Siege: Malta 1565, it recounts how in May that year the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, sent a fleet of 181 ships to the Grand Harbour with the aim of ejecting ...

02-05-2025. John Antonoff / For the Sun-Times Share MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs have ruled out right-hander Javier Assad for the start of the season, manager Craig Counsell said Saturday. Counsell ...