To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...

Rosslyn Chapel in Edinburgh has widely been thought to be the final resting place of the ark, thanks to a conspiracy peddled ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants – something that, as president of the US, he now says he will take “one way or the other.” It’s Greenland, an ...

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and ...

In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries ...

Night - Clear. Winds from W to WNW at 3 to 10 mph (4.8 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 53 °F (11.7 °C). Sunny with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C). Winds from W to WNW at 3 to 14 mph (4.8 to ...

The UN Human Rights office accused Israel on Friday of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under "mandatory evacuation orders." The Israeli army has issued what ...

Katz had earlier sent a message to the Lebanese government that Lebanon must enforce the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, or Israel will continue to strike the country.

as indicated on the map.” The area is home to a number of schools. The Lebanese government suspended classes on Friday after Israel’s evacuation order, telling “all students, teachers ...

Israel on Friday launched an attack on Lebanon’s capital for the first time since a cease-fire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a ...