The history of the world is far deeper, broader, and stranger than just political backstabbing, epic battles, and dusty ...

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

A light layer of Saharan dust is expected to drift along the Texas Gulf Coast by Sunday, bringing hazy skies, reduced air ...

Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long ...

Join National Geographic as they ride one of the most punishing train routes in the world, the Mauritania Railway, which ...

One of the longest and heaviest trains in the world, the 1.8-mile beast runs from the mining center of Zouerat to the port city of Nouadhibou on Africa’s Atlantic coast. The train is the bedrock of ...

A federal judge had previously blocked the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to third-country destinations, ...

A vast desert, filled with billions of tons of sandy soil and an area spanning four countries, is the world's largest ...

Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not ...

Clouds of dust blown off the Saharan Desert into the southeastern U.S. could affect local weather and make sunrises and sunsets particularly vivid ...

Exploring the Sahara Desert near Marrakesh and connecting with the Berber people—an unforgettable cultural and desert adventure in Morocco. Billy Joel cancels all shows after brain disorder ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, but it has not always been so inhospitable. ... it was home to a mysterious lineage of people isolated from the outside world.