More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with the Saudi hosts scrambling to avoid last year's ...

British pilgrims are sharing their experience as they join millions of fellow Muslims in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump’s meeting marked a strategic pivot in transatlantic ...

Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial ...

The government is continuing to defend legality and security in Italy, Premier Giorgia Meloni said after the passage into law ...

There is good evidence that the Greeks placed the Pillars of Hercules in southern Greece, not just at the Strait of Gibraltar.

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

The U.S.-born leader of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East discusses the rapid decline of Christianity ...

From Parisian bridges to Rome's Trevi Fountain, tourists love leaving behind mementos—but in Northern Ireland, they're ...

A recent MIT-led study reveals that Roman concrete’s strength comes from volcanic ash, lime clasts, and hot mixing, giving it self-healing powers that modern cement lacks.

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the papal summer palace south of Rome. His visit is fueling speculation about whether he will use it ...