(Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The ...

The Garamantian Empire survived in the extreme conditions of the Sahara Desert for hundreds of years using a unique tunnel system for moving water, according to new research. Photo from Carlos Leret, ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more ...

There are many mysterious places around the world that boggle the mind. If you dig deep enough, many of them have logical explanations for their existence. Others are the subjects of myths and legends ...

Scientists are excited over a recent discovery of "black mesas" in the Sahara desert that appear to be hundreds of millions of years old. The are was discovered in the southern Mauritania region of ...

The ancient Saharan city of Chinguetti, a historical hub for poets, scholars, and theologians and home to thousands of ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan security forces were deployed in large numbers in Western Sahara Tuesday, residents said, after deadly clashes put the dispute over the Moroccan-controlled territory under ...