Belgian ex-diplomat Etienne Davignon is defending himself in Brussels over his alleged role in the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba — a landmark case in Belgium's reckoning with its colonial past.
The past is catching...
The Civil Democratic Alliance for the Forces of the Revolution, known as “Sumood” (Resilience), announced that a delegation led by its chairman, former Prime Minister Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, has begun a European tour to discuss efforts...
Brest (France) (AFP) – Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?
Some scientists...
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – At a shop nestled in a busy, crowded Beirut district, Hasan El-Makary is weighing out containers of warm, fragrant mufataka, a...
Egypt's antiquities ministry said Saturday it was setting up a committee to review the restoration of Giza's Menkaure Pyramid after a public outcry over...
Cairo (AFP) – A video showing renovation work at Egypt's Menkaure pyramid at Giza has triggered social media criticism, with one expert decrying its "absurdity".
Mostafa...
The ancient tattoo was discovered unintentionally during routine cataloguing
This is only the second medieval tattoo ever discovered in the Nubian region
In an...
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a...
Al-YURAE-Paris (AFP) – The original Flintstones? The largest genetic study of Neanderthals ever conducted has offered an unprecedented snapshot of a family, including a...
Scientists believe the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was 8.7 miles wide and left a 62-mile crater near Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The impact and...
Lebanon's oldest English-language daily newspaper laid off its entire staff and became the latest casualty in the collapse of the country's once-flourishing press, employees...
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