Importing almost all of its fuel, Japan springs into action after every major energy shock to reassess its supply sources, making it a bellwether of global trends. Its direction this time? Run away ...

Alerted by a history enthusiast, ​archeologists in the Swiss canton of Vaud used a drone to take daily images of fields ...

For most of the history of cancer genomics, the map of our knowledge has had blank spaces on it. In the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes, for example, roughly three quarters of donors were of ...

Reducing dependency on the Middle East would be easier if overall Japanese oil demand drops further, writes Javier Blas.

The Ou Mountains, Hida Mountains, Kii Mountains, Chugoku Mountains... When mountain names appear in geography for junior high ...

Gas-powered industrial clusters that are common in north Africa are also beginning to sprout below the Sahara. Lagos, Nigeria ...

All this expansion and convergence make the very expression Middle East —once defined by a Levantine fulcrum, Ottoman past, Arab culture, and perennially insoluble Israel—Palestine conflict—no longer ...

Catastrophe' star Sharon Horgan returns with HBO half-hour 'Youth', a light but unflinching look at middle age.

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

Israel is not merely entering southern Syria. It is testing how far it can redraw the map before the world decides that enough is enough.

That’s become a key factor in informal discussions about potential cuts to the U.S. military presence, which began before President Trump launched attacks on Iran. The ultimate decision around the ...

For decades, the world acted as though the Middle East could not move until Israelis and Palestinians made peace. The Middle East has moved on anyway, including Israel. This means Israel is no longer ...