In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS has released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the ...

This is the twentieth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe, Turkey, and the Near East to Georgia and ...

The first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by the expedition led initially by Ferdinand Magellan and later by Juan Sebastián Elcano, stands as one of history’s greatest maritime achievements.

World Heritage partnerships for conservation Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

A moderately strong, 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Turkey on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks. But aside from ...

Russian and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Turkey on Monday for urgent peace talks. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.