January happens to be the birth month of Cleopatra, who arguably tops the list of the most fascinating women in history. She was not the first queen or power figure in Egypt—there were Sobekneferu, ...

Octavian chased Anthony and Cleopatra back to Alexandria, where they were eventually captured. Anthony died in Cleopatra's arms after fatally stabbing himself, before she also committed suicide ...

Masters star Neil Robertson joked that he had left his snooker cue at home after arriving at Alexandra Palace ahead of his showdown with John Higgins on Sunday. The 42-year-old, who was a late rep ...

Due to the suspected architectural borrowing of the Octagon from the Egyptian model of the "Pharos of Alexandria" and the additional historical facts that Arsinoë IV was murdered in Ephesos around 41 ...

A new study settled a century-long debate over whether an ancient skull found at an elaborate tomb in Ephesos, Turkey, was Cleopatra’s sister. Photo from Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna ...

Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said ...

DAMASCUS - On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending the Syrian capital, to the presidential palace facing it.

The mum-of-four, who is married to Wayne Rooney, was at Alexandra Palace last night as Luke Littler defeated Michael van Gerwen 7 -3. The Croxteth native was in the crowd along with her children.

Once-relegation-threatened Palace have now picked up 14 points from their last 10 top-flight contests. Enzo Maresca made six changes from Chelsea’s Ipswich defeat, including a full Premier ...

Luke Littler had spent 12 months defying gravity with an everyday nonchalance that was as unerring as his on-stage brilliance. And then, in front of 3,500 raucous fans, hundreds of clicking ...