Ubiquitous social media giant Facebook announced has launched a mobile app called Instant Articles. The app allows news stories provided by a number of partners to be read in their entirety by iPhone users.

Those who download the app will spared the inconvenience of clicking on a link in their usual...

Ancient Palmyra, sometimes called the Venice of the Sands, has fallen to the forces of the so-called Islamic State (IS). The group is now expected to systematically destroy this World Heritage site on video, just as it has devastated other famous archaeological sites such as Assyrian Nimrud and the city of Hatra in...

The scale of catastrophe caused by the recent earthquakes in Nepal is staggering, as are many of the challenges of responding to the disaster. They have been well-reported, along with the potential for opportunities that will come as the relief effort moves from crisis...