The beginning of the campaign – Heraclius’ first victories – The failed siege of Constantinople by Persians, Avars, and Slavs ...

Today, the Middle East faces some of the world’s worst environmental crises — including droughts, floods, sand and dust ...

The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...

Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees were exchanged on Monday as a ceasefire deal is agreed to end the war in Gaza ...

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since American and Israeli airstrikes in June, but on a recent visit to the capital, ...

Billboards and posters in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel today declared: 'Cyrus the Great is alive!'. The ruler, ...

I am writing to correct the misapprehension of one of your readers who wrote in a letter published on Sept. 21 (“Politically, ...

Wales's champion jockey Sean Bowen lit up his country's new racing festival as he captured the Dragonbet Persian War Novices' ...

Friday's card at Chepstow kicks off the jumps season proper. The three-day meeting is billed as the Dragonbet Welsh Racing ...

The jumps are back! The Persian War Novices Hurdle is the main event on an exciting card from Chepstow, which opens the ...

President Trump’s moment of truth as a global peacemaker will come early Friday morning when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded ...

Meanwhile, Israeli campaign backing shah’s son draws attention, a political prisoner refuses to seek a pardon despite illness ...