One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

It was really quite beautiful. May God rest his soul,” the US VP added ... In addition to a Vatican tie and rosaries, the 88-year-old pope presented Vance three giant chocolate Easter eggs for his ...

Ashkenazie then identified the still-standing mosque from satellite photos ... Libya. Up the hill from his family’s branch-ceilinged stone house, he says, was the tiny town’s 800-year-old ...

The Byzantine mosaics and images are still visible during visiting hours, and are covered with special lighting effects during worship and prayer hours. Whether Hagia Sophia should be a mosque or ...

By the time of the 2013 conclave, the then 76-year-old had one eye on retirement and ... Francis likened migrant detention centers in Libya to “concentration camps” and, in the run-up to ...

[Related: Watch a snail lay an egg…from its neck] More than 8,000 images were submitted for consideration at this year’s awards. Visit GDTfoto for a full gallery of the winners and scroll some ...

These old pictures of some of Dorset's most stunning countryside pubs and how they look today make for fascinating viewing. Here we're celebrating the staying power of countryside pubs. As you can see ...

A model was dubbed “the most beautiful girl in the world” at age ... her claim that title at such a young age. Now, the 19-year-old from Moscow, Russia, is studying at drama school and hopes ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft completed 22 orbits between Saturn's rings and the planet before its mission ended with a plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15, 2017. Image Credit ...

The comparative satellite images of before and after the strikes released by Maxar Technologies showed damage to mosques and buildings in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The pictures showed the ...

The comparative satellite images of before and after the strikes released by Maxar Technologies showed damage to mosques and buildings in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The pictures showed the impact on ...