I never called myself "Arab." It felt like an identity that just didn't fit, one so distant from who I believed I was. But after a year of the war in Gaza and now Lebanon—of witnessing horrific images ...

I'm standing in a basement kitchen prodding at a sheep's liver, looking for marks on its smooth surface. People crowd around ...

Iranian-backed terrorists could attack American interests in the country if it is determined that Iraqi airspace was used in the Oct. 26 attack.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... Proto-cuneiform was an ancient Mesopotamia writing system that came at the end of the fourth millennium BC (Courtesy of ...

Cylinder seals were used there starting in the mid-fourth millennium BC as part of an accounting system to track the production, storage and transport of various consumer goods, p ...

A newly discovered underwater city that resembles the mythical Atlantis could transform our understanding of ancient civilizations and human origins.

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...

Donald Trump has completed a paradigm-shattering political comeback, winning the White House in an election shaped more by Americans’ dissatisfaction with the direction of the country than by ...

What are exit polls? They’re a set of surveys that ask voters whom they voted for, as well as additional questions about their political opinions, the factors they considered in the election and ...

Dubbed the “election of a generation,” the 2024 presidential race and its result may very well be adapted for the screen — it feels stranger than fiction, like a TV plot come to life. As ...