All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Skagafjörður may look stunning and serene, but sagas tell us this was the location of a brutal battle between warring Viking ...

Fighting between rival forces resumes in South Sudan, while a full-scale civil war rages in neighbouring Sudan.

The mayor of the DR Congo town near where a boat caught fire earlier this week told AFP on Saturday that at least 33 people ...

At least 143 people died and dozens more went missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic ...

The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.

(Photo by Abdelmoneim SAYED / AFP) An island in the middle of Sudan’s capital that used to draw crowds to its Nile River farms now stands nearly deserted after two years of war, its homes ransacked ...

THE Garden of Eden is a mythological place where Adam and Eve once roamed, before a run-in with a snake and an apple tree got them banished. But some believe it was based on a real location ...

About 30 percent of Sudan’s 48 million people - more than 14 million - have been forced to flee their homes due to the ...

He claims the Pyramid of Giza is where the Tree of Life once stood, whose fruits offered eternal life.

Which to cruise first - the European river with its own waltz or the Egyptian waterway through a cradle of civilisation? Our ...