A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate ...

Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their ...

An American Airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into ...

Decorated with traditional Chinese couplets, red lanterns, and vibrant symbols of the Year of the Snake, the Qasr Aliya restaurant -- once Queen Aliya's palace -- radiated festive energy. Overlooking ...

West Asia is home to nearly 6 per cent of the world's population but has access to less than 1 per cent of the world’s renewable freshwater resources ...

As we mark World Wetlands Day 2025 under the theme “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future,” we shine a spotlight on these ...

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, West Asia The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow through modern-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They were the cradle of one of the world’s earliest civilizations ...

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are considered the world's oldest civilisation, dating back to around 4000 BCE. The Sumerians ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Rivers, lakes and aquifers do not make the daily ... The initiative will now be steered by collective leadership from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Iran, coordinated by the Turkish ...

The Middle Bronze Age in northern Iraq is poorly understood due to limited ... in the fertile plains along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near the Persian Gulf, is often regarded as the ...

Here's what is known about the Black Hawk and its crew that crashed into the American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac ...