Discover the smallest countries in Asia by area with each spanning less than 18,000 square kilometers, from Maldives to ...

In 1331, the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta sailed into Kilwa, an opulent city that defied imagination. “The city is amongst the most beautiful of cities and most elegantly built,” he wrote, marvelling ...

The explosion that rocked an Iranian port had its epicenter at a facility ultimately owned by a charitable foundation ...

Early Alans were nomadic horse lords who created elaborate equine decorations, including a tourmaline-studded bridle found at ...

A new study suggests this 3,600-year-old vial unearthed in Iran may be the oldest red lipstick ever found. The lipstick ...