Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

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

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Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, met on Sunday (January 26) with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed bin Salman, ...

Hamas has announced the names of the next four hostages it will release this weekend as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.

For example, Iran says Persian Gulf while Iraq says Arabian Gulf. Japan and South Korea have been in a long running dispute over the name of the waters between them. Tokyo calls it the Sea of Japan.

but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has mandated use of the “Persian Gulf” for official business. Contention also exists around the name of the sea that is bordered by Japan, North Korea ...