The analysis used high-resolution satellite data from sources including WorldView and QuickBird, covering a timeline from ...

A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees marks World Refugee Day meeting Syrians going home, but warns that returns will prove short-lived without increased international assistance.

Syria this week carried out its first international bank transfer via the SWIFT international payment system since the outbreak of the country’s 14-year civil war, central bank governor Abdelkader ...

Federal cuts halt landmark status for Louisiana plantation that teaches slavery's history 03:00. As federal policies and staffing levels rapidly change in the name of government efficiency and ...

A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex ...

For nearly 40 years, the National Trust for Preservation has created its annual list of historic endangered places to raise public awareness on important cultural landmarks.

A new list highlights historic places in America that are most endangered and in need restoration. The list, curated by the National Trust, includes important buildings in disrepair and other ...

In Pasadena, The Gamble House was in a fire evacuation zone and its custodians are trying to safeguard its future. In Altadena, only concrete walls are left from the former home of novelist Zane Grey.

Historic landmarks navigate an uncertain future after the LA fires In Pasadena, The Gamble House was in a fire evacuation zone and its custodians are trying to safeguard its future.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Syria's foreign minister pledged Wednesday to destroy any remaining chemical weapons in his country as he paid a historic visit to the headquarters of the global ...

Syria’s foreign minister has pledged to destroy any remaining chemical weapons in his country as he paid a historic visit to the headquarters of the global chemical weapons watchdog.