Known as Icherisheher, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is a fascinating maze of medieval alleys, mosques and palaces, shaped by a rich tapestry of cultural influences including Zoroastrian, Sasanian, ...

At first glance, the series "The Magnificent Century" seems to be a love story set against the backdrop of the history of the Ottoman Empire ... All the girls in the Sultan's harem were forcibly ...

Suleiman I, the most dazzling of the Ottoman sultans, illuminated the 16th century, reigning from 1520 to 1566. He was the ...

The twice-elected president and members of his family have ties to businesses in sectors ranging from cryptocurrency and real estate to beverages and apparel. Here are some businesses tied to ...

Building a luxury powerhouse When Patrick joined the business in 1979, Chalhoub Group was a relatively small operation with around 200 employees and a handful of brand partnerships. Today, it is a ...

The Hulbert family's forest is made up of 80 per cent UK-native species and 20 per cent non-native species. The trees include English oak, silver birch, red oak, Scots pine, giant redwood ...

Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species such as the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis and the powerfully built Homo naledi. A pinkie ...

By Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler Rupert Murdoch and his family control the most influential conservative media empire in the world. For more than a year, they’ve been locked in a secret ...

More than 3,000 pages of documents reveal how years of betrayals led to a messy court battle that threatens the future of Rupert’s empire ... photographs for family-tree illustration: Dafydd ...

The blue-suited quartet are all-out Marvel royalty, long considered ‘Marvel’s first family’ since their comic debut in the 1960s – and now, they’re entering Kevin Feige’s shared ...

The secessionist group stated this in a statement, signed by its leader Professor Banji Akintoye, arguing that no Islamic provisions mandate Yoruba Muslims to accept Sultan as their leader.

We speak at length with Tariq Ali, Pakistani British historian, activist, filmmaker. He is an editor of the New Left Review ...