Long before Cyrus the Great, the Medes rose from the fringes of the Iranian plateau, forged a kingdom from scattered tribes, and helped bring down Assyria. This story traces how their shadowy empire ...

The settlement's location at 48 degrees north and 87 degrees east has earned it the title of China's First Northwestern ...

Over 50 greylag geese died in Majuli, Assam, on Republic Day, suspected poisoning threatens migratory birds along the Central Asian Flyway.

In a study published in the Journal of Historical Geography, researchers Dr. Chris McCarthy and his colleagues have ...

Wild hamsters might sound like a cartoon concept, but they are real animals that live across large parts of Europe and ...

For those seeking a journey that blends the past with the present, Uzbekistan is a must‑visit destination this year.

Japanese military maps provide an unprecedented glimpse into the Great Mongolian Road, unveiling its vital infrastructure and ...

Kazakhstan, the world's largest landlocked nation, spans over 2.7 million square kilometers in Central Asia. Despite ...

Proto-Indo-European gave birth to a plethora of modern languages, but there remains a question mark over its origins ...

Gurgaon: Disrupted drainage connectivity, encroachment pressures and the presence of globally threatened raptor species ...

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the ...

A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...