Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

An American woman has been released by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan after being detained for the past month, the second freeing of a US citizen in the past eight days.

Reinhard Heydrich, the Aryan fencing virtuoso, ruthlessly crushed all rivals and eradicated any resistance to Nazism. At the peak of his career, he conceived his eternal legacy: "the Final ...

Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland, Sweden’s second-largest island. At first, he thought the circular object—found lying on the ground near a construction pit—might be a ...

In almost every village, town and city in Portugal, you will find sections of the unique traditional Calçada Portuguesa ...

The iconic badges of teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are recognised around the ...

White Mana owner Mario Costa managed Mike Tyson, takes care of his racing pigeons, and is the unofficial mayor of a corner of ...

The true test begins with a beloved cashmere sweater that has developed pills under the arms. Selecting the lower ... from silk scarves to heavy wool coats. The pocket-sized clothing revitalizer ...

Strategically placed between Europe and Asia, the Black Sea was more than a body of water. It was a geographical center point that presented the ancient Greeks with unprecedented opportunities. Its ...

just as Europeans are making plans to spend hundreds of billions on arms procurement,” says Janis Kluge, from SWP, a Berlin-based research institute. American weapons ‘risk’ forcing Europe ...

Rising along the line where eastern and western Europe divide, a forested mountain range is home to shepherds, villages and plenty of bears.

Using ancient genomes, researchers have mapped the emergence of agriculture in the Middle East 12,000 years ago and its spread to Europe, but the southern Mediterranean has been largely neglected.