History has presented us with remarkable personalities who transformed their countries, reshaping their landscapes and making them more powerful and prosperous. One such personality in history was Tho ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national ...

The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine Europe ... Following defeat in World War I, it was formally abolished in 1922. More than a dozen independent countries emerged from territories ...

While excavating Visegrád Citadel, a 13th-century fortress north of Budapest, Hungary, that was once a royal residence, ...

NARA--Artifacts recovered from an Ottoman Empire frigate that sank off Japan’s Kii Peninsula in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) were at risk of disintegrating until researchers hit upon the idea of ...

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919 ... and Yugoslavia. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established. The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial ...

A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society (1898-1946) This is a review of an exceptional photobook, Images of Palestine ...

For decades, the defining conflict in the region was a “cold war” between Iran and the Gulf ... the growing challenge posed by Ankara’s neo-Ottoman ambitions, is recalibrating its strategy ...

For decades, the defining conflict in the region was a “cold war” between Iran and the Gulf Arab states ... Iran, recognizing the growing challenge posed by Ankara’s neo-Ottoman ambitions, is ...