The Rub' al-Khali desert was thought to be an endless sea of sand, but one 1998 discovery has shed light on a 5,000-year-old ...

Wadi hiking in the Middle East offers a unique adventure across rugged landscapes. The trails wind through cliffs and streams ...

Living in the grandly forbidding mountain country that straddles the ... which would give them access to the Middle Eastern Arab states and bring them closer to the Mediterranean.

One of the Middle East’s most intractable conflicts may be nearing its end, with ramifications that will be felt far and wide. For half a century, Kurdish militants have fought Turkey for ...

There’s a regional myth that Knoxville is protected from tornadoes because of its geographic location. In fact, about 90% of East Tennesseans believe the region is protected by the hilly terrain and ...

Just a couple months ago, the Middle East seemed to be calming down, at least a bit. But now the region is heating up again, and the U.S. is very deeply involved. NPR's Greg Myre connects the dots.

It’s a stark, mountainous moonscape deep in the Saudi Arabian desert. But it is about to become the world’s most exotic ski resort.

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

Yet mountains, deserts and seas create chokepoints ... his belief in controlling key maritime chokepoints. His Middle East strategy follows the same logic: securing trade corridors that bypass ...

President Donald Trump has, in the past, described America’s military involvement in the Middle East as “the worst decision ever made” and came into office vowing to “end these endless ...

From Zina Bencheikh, Intrepid’s managing director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, the message is the same: “Keep visiting the Atlas Mountains – and make sure you spend your tourist ...