The Church of the East was already present among various Mongol tribes when Kublai Khan (1260–1294) conquered China. Though ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

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When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., 13 years after building one of the world's largest empires, he left what would become one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in archaeology. Researchers ...

This is an image of Earth from space. Credit: NASA / CC BY NC 2.0 What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Scientists and futurists have long speculated ...

In December 2024, a handful of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted the brutal dictatorship that had ruled Syria for five decades and set up an interim administration. Now, foreign ...

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The Kurdish forces guarding ISIS fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra-hardline ...

The Kurdish forces guarding Islamic State fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ...