On June 21, 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran, killing up to 50,000 people.

Sudanese paramilitaries have claimed the seizure of a strategic area along the border with neighboring Libya and Egypt.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the invention of the first refrigerated truck. Made for the ice cream industry in 1925 by American inventor, Frederick McKinley Jones, it meant that chilled ...

Small bands of Homo sapiens made a few failed forays leaving our home continent before the species finally managed to launch ...

Basenjis are among the dog breeds most closely related to wolves, and are considered to be the oldest dog breed in the world ...

During the late 1970s, Pakistan was rapidly advancing its uranium enrichment programme at Kahuta, near Rawalpindi under ...

A convoy carrying hundreds of activists has arrived in Libya after driving from Algeria and crossing through Tunisia on its ...

A former funeral home owner in Colorado was arrested after being accused of hiding a woman's corpse in a hearse for two years ...

Analysis - East Africa is one of the most populous regions, inhabited by over 185 million people. According to a recent UN report, 70 percent of the population is under the age of 30, highlighting ...

As Eid Al Adha 2025 approaches, families across the Arab region grapple with soaring sheep prices, prompting them to seek ...

The UK has broken its record for the warmest day of the year twice on the same day, with the temperature reaching as high as ...