The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

The ancient capital city of Gath is located in the Tel Zafit national park in the Judean foothills and was once a large city in the 10th century BC. It was later destroyed by Hazael, the king of Aram ...

Louis), or nylon stockings (introduced at the New York World’s Fair in 1939). He recalls that Europe and the United States monopolized these events until the end of the 20th century. “The West has ...

Scotland earned an 11-run victory over the West Indies in their opener despite four wickets and an unbeaten century for Matthews, to get its pursuit of a maiden Women’s Cricket World Cup appearance ...

The rally turned into a roller-coaster. After shooting out of the gate Tuesday, North American stock markets stumbled for the fourth straight day, as the threat of an escalating trade war between ...

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium ...

which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early as the 19th century, according to the Library of Virginia. In a social post from the Library of Virginia on Sunday, April 6 ...

3,200-2,000 BC), a ... the Greek world at the end of the eighth century to a position completely unrecognizable from its beginning. According to Professor Anthony Snodgrass from the Faculty of ...

ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that Washington respected the self-determination of Greenlanders but would not allow the resource-rich autonomous Danish region to become dependent on ...

As US President Donald Trump laid out a wave of new tariffs that will take average levies to their highest in more than a century ... markets and the rest of the world, there was very little ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Deep inside the dumpsters of Buenos Aires, Elías Fernández, 27, sifts through for a living. A construction worker who lost his job in November and now sleeps with his ...