Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

A huge cloud of Saharan dust has swept across Europe in the last few days, already hitting Italy and continuing to spread ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

The Massif Central is a wide area of highlands located in the central part of the bottom half of France. The region made up ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

The Middle East is an Arab-majority region, but with the exception of a 200-year period that began in the early 7th century, Arabs have never been the dominant power ...

With its abundant sunshine, vast renewable energy potential and relative proximity to Europe, EU officials hope to tap into North Africa’s resources and secure green hydrogen supplies. “The Southern ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's foreign ministry said on ... Updated ago Middle Eastcategory Car bomb kills 20 in northern Syria, deadliest since Assad toppled 3:46 PM UTC ...

Hottest January on record sounds alarm over pace of climate change - Scientists hoped the emergence of La Nina will slow down ...

From Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 1953, 72 years ago tonight, a powerful storm with high winds pushed a catastrophic surge of water from the North Sea into southern parts of the Netherlands. This surge of ...

As the map above shows ... ecological standard in Europe. Just 16.1 per cent of England’s rivers, lakes and seas meet this standard, compared to 31 per cent in Northern Ireland, 40.5 per ...