Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, the 17th-century Jesuit priest who founded 21 missions in what is now Northern Sonora and Southern Arizona, moved a step closer to sainthood. Earlier this month Pope ...

Families in northern China bind babies in wooden cradles to mimic a mother’s embrace, with the cot sometimes being padded with nappies or even sand and soil. The centuries-old practice is celebrated ...

HERMISTON — What began as a dream turned into the adventure of a lifetime for Olivia Hankel, who recently completed the Mongol Derby — one of the world’s toughest horse races. Hankel, 27, of Hermiston ...

When riding across the Mongolian steppe, one mistake can mean game over. This mistake can be anything, from losing a piece of kit to your horse stumbling in a marmot hole while navigating the vast ...

In just one minute, we trace the rise of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan and his successors. Using Google Earth, we follow their sweeping conquests across Asia, the Middle East, and into Europe, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has started construction on I-10 and Kino Parkway. If you’re trying to get onto eastbound I-10 from Kino Parkway heading south, ...

Two UAE endurance riders Sheikh Khalifa Al Hamed and Issa Al Khiyari concluded their historic participation in the “Mongol Derby” endurance race by tying for first place with American rider Michael ...

UNESCO has said it has not received any formal proposal regarding the decision to rename the “Mongol Shobhajatra”, the iconic Pohela Boishakh procession, now being referred to as the “Barshabaran ...

Tomato Soup's manga, A Witch’s Life in Mongol, is being adapted into a TV anime by Science SARU, renowned for DEVILMAN crybaby. Set in the 13th century, the story follows Fatima, a former slave in the ...

An illustration, based on a 15th century author’s imagining, of the court of the Great Khan in the 1200s. Credit: National Library of France On January 4, 1254, a French monk named William of Rubruck ...

An illustration from a medieval French manuscript depicts the Polo brothers’ meeting with Kublai Khan. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Subscribe for ads-free reading This year marks the ...