One of the most misunderstood periods of history is the Middle Ages, which ranged from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

How did medieval people wipe their a**? What was the weather like in the Middle Ages? How much was medieval money worth?

New York National Guard soldiers and airmen provided military funeral honors at 6,166 graveside services in 2025, continuing a declining trend as the number of World War II and Korean War veterans ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 19 (UPI) --The conflict-ridden Middle East will stand at a critical juncture in 2026 after power shifts and unresolved wars, teetering between an uneasy status quo, the risk of ...

Key crude prices in the Middle East have dropped to their weakest level against the Brent benchmark in two months, signaling oversupplied markets as output from both the Middle East and the Americas ...

For David McWilliams, an Irish economist, podcaster and chastened former central banker, monetary economics is a branch of humane letters. For every nod to John Maynard Keynes he makes 2½ to James ...

The World Cup: soccer’s most prestigious tournament that pits the globe’s leading nations against one another on the grandest of stages. The competition’s knockout phase is generally when ...

When the German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen stumbled upon a set of ruins near the Jordanian capital of Amman in 1806, little did he know that he had just discovered one of the largest and ...

Pope Leo urges Middle East Christians to overcome divisions Leo, first US pope, condemns religious violence Pope celebrates 1,700th anniversary of major Church council Leo visiting Turkey and Lebanon ...

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Dubai. "Abu Dhabi’s dynamic economy and bold vision for its future is a natural fit for an innovative, forward-thinking business like Sotheby’s, in addition to sharing a ...