Two of the clearest demonstrations of biblical war strategy in modern history were carried out by men who probably never saw ...

A Pew survey included a question on their Religious Landscape Survey: “How often do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?” Nearly half the sample (47%) said that this was a thought they had ...

In a daring interpretation, classic to the Chassidic approach toward Judaism, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak becomes the great "advocate" for the Jewish people, as he always was.

Archaeological sites across central China reveal that at various points between 2,500 and 4,000 years ago, disasters rocked ...

The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state.

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, debates about religious freedom continue to occupy the center of American public life. Since taking office for a ...

Far to the south of Gondor lies the vast and mysterious land of Harad, home to powerful kingdoms, fierce warriors, and the ...

Everyone knows Yuri Gagarin as the first person to go to space. But was he? Literary historian Vladimir Brljak tells the tale of the intrepid balloonists who first flew beyond the blue terrestrial sky ...

18th Street or “Barrio 18,” is one of the most notorious and violent gangs in the Western Hemisphere. The group started back in the 1960s after Clanton 14, one of the oldest Hispanic gangs in the city ...

The dominant figure in Indian politics for nearly two decades, she was elected prime minister four times before being assassinated by her bodyguards.

A new DNA analysis suggests that the genetic legacy of the Mongol Empire's founder is likely more complicated than historians previously assumed ...

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.