This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

Iran has cited a 19th-century British map as part of its dispute with the United Arab Emirates over a number of Gulf islands.

ASTANA – Recently discovered maps reveal new layers of Kazakh statehood, suggesting it could be 12 centuries old, said Mukhit ...

Social media users critical of choices worry about future of Palestine as they continue to blame Arabs and Muslims for Trump ...

The move comes just before a Biden administration deadline for Israel to deliver more aid to the enclave or risk a cutoff of ...

Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...

A new global risk map for 2025 identifies countries that have the potential to pose high-risk and extreme risk for travelers.

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

Although there is no certainty, the signals sent by the president-elect point to a major impact on two developing wars ...

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Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...