The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed ...

For most of our lives, Iraq had been reduced to war footage and headlines. Traveling across Kurdistan revealed a completely ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

The US military has started transferring up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) detainees from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government asserts control over territories long governed ...

Today, trans people face politicisation of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society.

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Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a ...

Father and son team Brandon and Vincent Rospond relocated their military history bookstore, On Military Matters, to Point ...

An unfolding water crisis in Iraq's rain-starved rivers harms food security, and has sparked a water-sharing plan with ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Our people -- the Chaldean--Syriac--Assyrian people -- are a nation with a deeply rooted national identity that predates the ...

Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.