Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and ...

Pack your hiking boots and set off on an epic walking adventure this year along one of these memorable routes, writes Thom ...

During a recent late March soft opening, Scott Little and his wife Alison invited people to browse their new Damascus business, start up a conversation, or just relax with a ...

DAMASCUS — Naveen Mahmoud was out running errands when an alarmed neighbor called: The conservative Muslim rebels who ousted Syria's dictator late last year had arrived to shut down the trendy ...

The Orchard Hill bridge is still sitting on the bank of the Laurel River, and an exposed water pipe is feeding Taylor’s Valley up the mountain. Damascus Vice-Mayor Taylor Faust said much of the ...

We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity, called solar maximum. But are we still in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let's see what the data has to say. Although we ...

Raids targeting Alawite community took place in early March in Damascus, witnesses say Witnesses report masked men detaining more than 2 dozen Alawites in al-Qadam neighbourhood Human Rights Watch ...

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Milligan University’s production of ‘Little Women: The Musical’ hits the stage starting Thursday. Shows are at the McGlothlin-Street Theatre from Thursday to ...

Soaring temperatures are leading to rapid and largely irreversible changes in the mountain ranges of the world, according to a new UNESCO report. In several regions, higher elevations seem to be ...

Love Golf Design is to lead a bunker upgrade project on the Rising Sun course at Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Emigrant, Montana. Love Golf Design will work with course builder Heritage Links to remove ...

JACKSON — First-term Gov. Kelly Ayotte paid her first visit to Jackson’s Black Mountain Ski Area last Friday, getting an exclusive tour from new owner Erik Mogensen. The state’s chief executive was ...