At least until an archivist took another look, setting off a yearslong project to identify and then reassemble the medieval manuscript, which someone in Tudor England had taken apart and used to ...

In medieval India, coins weren’t just money ... the Zodiac coins remain a symbol of the empire’s rich culture and Jahangir’s personal interests.

The Central Bank of the UAE, on Thursday, unveiled the new symbol for the national currency in its physical and digital forms. The symbol was derived from the English name of the dirham to serve ...

JOHANNESBURG - A bouncer linked to the alleged torture of patrons at the Zanzou nightclub will return to court on Friday morning for a formal bail application. The 41-year-old was arrested in ...

That case was filed in 2017 under the Torture Victim Protection Act, which allows for U.S. lawsuits against foreign officials accused of extrajudicial killings or torture when avenues for redress ...

JOHANNESBURG - The state argued against bail for the man accused of torture at the Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria, arguing it was for his own safety. The 41-year-old Congolese national made a ...

Six people in Ohio are accused of kidnapping a man and torturing him for seven days, including beating him with a metal bat and depriving him of food and water, according to court documents.

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...

Medieval England was a dangerous place. Murder rates are estimated to have been between 20 to 50 times higher than today, meaning violent deaths were a regular occurrence. But in a world without ...