The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

Humans have been baking for millennia, and now, reconstructions of ancient baking trays suggests the families in Mesopotamia may have been making some of the same things on our plates today.

The fighting is a significant escalation since rebels launched a surprise offensive earlier this week, seizing towns and ...

Insurgents have breached Syria’s largest city and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016. That's ...

A community-based health committee “said they couldn’t fight ... similarly, states can act independently to reduce emissions from the power sector, as North Carolina did. US cities taking ...

Syrian rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday they had reached the heart of the northern city of Aleppo, after a surprise sweep through government-held towns and nearly a decade ...

Sharon Lavigne’s life has been cloaked in pollution. Lavigne is a retired special education teacher from St. James Parish, a region within Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, nicknamed for its high ...

States, cities and water utilities agree that the lead pipes need to go to ensure safe water for residents. But they say they may struggle to do so in the 10-year window required under the rule ...

Some of the earliest experiments with republican governance appeared in ancient Sumerian city-states (4500–2000 BC), centered in modern-day Iraq. Kings acted more as neutral arbitrators rather than ...

States, cities and water utilities agree that the lead pipes need to go to ensure safe water for residents. But they say they may struggle to do so in the 10-year window required under the rule, and ...

(The Center Square) – As federal COVID-19 pandemic aid dries up and budget deficits mount, cities across the state are asking their legislators to let them tax residents more than the 1% cap on ...