A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

Sultans in the Ottoman Empire loved to eat. In the 15th century, Topkapi Palace boasted a kitchen staff of 100 people, a number that grew to 500 during the 16th-century reign of Suleiman the ...

The first English-language opera about Herzl, “State of the Jews,” premiered at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center last ...

ATV’s historical drama The Ottoman has been licensed in South Korea. The Ottoman has aired across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with strong ratings in countries such as Pakistan, Tanzania, Albania ...

In 1492, Spanish and Portuguese Jews faced persecution, torture, and exile at the hands of the Inquisition. Many sought ...

While many churches are seeing a decline in parishioners, the church on Salisbury Street is seeing an increase in their pews.

Gholamreza Gholizadeh, a lay Shia eulogist, referred to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as “bastards” and “consumers of illegitimately acquired foo ...

Political scientist Mark Leonard has found that people around the world are far more optimistic about Trump's presidency than ...

In 2025, off the beaten path travel can mean heading to the Scottish Hebrides, Montenegro, Mongolia, Tasmania and the once ...

The abandoned leper colony of Chios is to be renovated and become a focal point in the history of the Greek island.

International event dedicated to Greece's zeibekiko dance attracted many and proved Greek traditions are alive and inspire ...

In a treasure hunt-like space in Barre, a new "open-storage" room allows the public to view more of the Vermont Historical ...