A map of London shows the sites of recorded 14th-century homicides. Blue shows killings involving males; red indicates a female victim or perpetrator. Symbols denote the weapons used.

Think of a beach holiday in Italy and you’ll likely envisage ranks of sunbeds, every scrap of sand filled by sun worshippers.

Wikimedia Commons, CC BY More than a travelogue or geographical record, this book provides rich insights into 14th-century social and political life, capturing cultural diversity across nations.

In April of that year, patients started appearing at hospitals in the industrial city of Sverdlovsk, now known as Yekaterinburg, in the Ural region of the Soviet Union. They were showing symptoms of ...

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century judge and ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his adventures Story by Ismail Albayrak, Australian Catholic University • 1w ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution ...

EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP) — South Africa took control of the first test against Zimbabwe on Sunday with a 216-run lead at the end of day two at Queens Sports Club.

EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored sporting event: the annual ...