A lithograph by J.C. Wild from 1841 captures the untouched bluffs of Riverview Park before quarrying altered the landscape.

On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near ...

Collected from a family gravesite shortly before she left Kabul, the rocks and dirt in a tiny plastic container are among ...

The United States killed its own allies, sabotaging itself in a part of Afghanistan where it never needed to be.

The crisis unfolding in Syria is indeed a major geopolitical quake, the likes of which the Middle East has not seen since the ...

With Russian and Iranian influence almost over in Syria, America’s biggest concern is the resurgence of Islamic State, not ...

France joins Arab nations in criticising Israel for exploiting the Syria crisis to capture more territory near the Golan ...

The Boeing 777 plane carrying 239 people vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014. Satellite data showed ...

Assad has revived a question that has intrigued me for years. Why are some of the most bloodthirsty tyrants also qualified ...

Excuse me, but what the heck would Ukrainian special forces be doing in Syria? Oh, nothing – just hanging out with the ideological descendants of the ...

Sham's rise will revive ideas of violent jihad, which seemed to have been extinguished by fall of Islamic State, other groups ...

Here’s a look at WikiLeaks and the trial of Chelsea Manning. Facts WikiLeaks is purportedly an organization that facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information through its website. It was ...