Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in ...

Archaeologists think they may have made a breakthrough discovery of an ancient city with links to a major historical figure.

Pope Francis and Mario Vargas Llosa were unique voices that transcended frontiers. Their deaths offer a sharp reminder of the ...

Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee ...

SÃO PAULO—When Francis became the first Latin American pope in 2013, many hoped he would reverse the Roman Catholic Church’s ...

I spent two weeks in Bogota! Everyone told me it sucked but I'll let you be the judge of that. Bogota is the largest city and the capital of Colombia, but it often lives in the shadow of Medellin and ...

In 1977, with dozens of fires set daily and tourism in freefall, New York hired an artist to save the city. His infamous ...

Walk where Pope Francis walked—explore 12 iconic Catholic sites filled with faith, history, and spiritual wonder!

EL PAÍS reconstructs, based on different cases, the ordeal of the families of the immigrants sent to the Central American country from the United States amidst accusations of mass arbitrary detention ...

A young Korean man moves to Bogota for a better life, navigating the Colombian black market for success. A pastor who ...

Just over a decade ago, the World Health Assembly unanimously resolved that palliative care is an ethical responsibility of health systems; however, access to palliative care remains abysmal in ...