Borders globally serve as the demarcation lines that define the territories of countries, signifying sovereignty and control. In essence, an open border is one where people can come and go without ...

Did you know that the world looks different depending on where you are? Maps, as commonly seen in textbooks and online, are ...

From Pakistan, Kashmir appears disputed. From India, it appears as a part of India. Google Maps changes disputed borders based on what country you search from. (Video: Greg Bensinger/The ...

Borders are essentially artificial in nature. They're really just lines on the map that the rest of the world accepts enough to integrate into the applicable global political and legal regimes.

Google Maps tries to chart out the globe for more than a billion users around the world. But it's not so simple when those people disagree on where the lines should be drawn.

Here’s a development on the latter front: Local tech giant Yandex has quietly removed national borders from its maps product. Users of Yandex’s maps app, which is popular in countries ...

But some countries are seemingly more relaxed than others about their border controls. Newsweek has analyzed the latest available data and the Open Borders Index to create a map showing countries ...