In the next 30 years, geophysicists predict Istanbul has a 40 to 60 percent chance of a major earthquake, which could imperil its ancient architecture. There are roughly 40,000 historical sites in ...

Built in the early 13th century a few kilometres south of Delhi, the red sandstone tower of Qutb Minar is 72.5 m high, tapering from 2.75 m in diameter at its peak to 14.32 m at its base, and ...

The latest infestation to befall Istanbul is ticks, which have swarmed some neighbourhoods of Turkey’s biggest city and sent nearly 8,000 people to hospital with bites so far this year.

Officials claim the cartoon insults religious values, while the magazine insists the character was not the Prophet Muhammad and apologised for any offence caused. An investigation is ongoing.

James Baldwin conversing with sailors from the U.S. Sixth Fleet in front of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, 1965 ...