Millions of years ago, the Mediterranean Sea evaporated ... and flow velocities dwarfing any other known floods in Earth’s history,” Aaron Micallef of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

The Mediterranean diet is considered one of the healthiest ways of eating, thanks to its emphasis on fresh and cooked vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats, and small amounts of lean protein.