Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic ...

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide — as they do every time the Olympics take place.

Olympic organisers invoke ancient truce to call for suspension of war - The tradition stretches back to ancient Greece ...

What we call “folklife” in the United States—the traditions, activities, skills, beliefs, and tangible creations of a ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

North Korea is executing schoolchildren for watching South Korean TV shows and listening to K-Pop, including Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game,” according to Amnesty International. Escapees told the ...

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and cultural sphere.

NARA, Japan (AP) — In Japan's ancient capital, Nara, deer moved through grass fields and shaded paths, lowering their heads toward visitors holding special crackers made just for them. Nara this week ...

In 447 AD, Attila and his Huns crossed the Danube in force, tearing through the Balkans and confronting the Eastern Roman army near the River Utus. The battle marked the start of a brutal campaign, ...

Should the signboard of Gwanghwamun, the historic main gate of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, be written in Chinese characters or in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet? What appears to be a simple question has ...