Confused between 'desert' and 'dessert'? Here is an easy explanation about the difference between the dry, sandy landform and ...

The 1989 bombing of UTA Flight 772, ordered by the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi, robbed Maryvone Raveneau of her husband.

The Arabic word sirāt means "path" or "way"; in Islamic scripture, it refers to a narrow bridge that connects Paradise and Hell. That makes it a fitting title for the director Oliver Laxe's new movie, ...

UIC researchers predict that the Sahara Desert could see up to 75% more rain by the end of this century due to rising global temperatures. Using 40 climate models, the team found widespread ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year — one-tenth of the amount of Chicago’s rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half of the ...

An overseas adventure is calling — and it could be the challenge of a lifetime. Chorley-based Derian House Children’s Hospice has launched its first international fundraising challenge, the Sahara ...

The fascinating but little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a pleasant green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world. Green Sahara. (Collage by Kuat Abeshev.

A dust cloud from the Sahara Desert blanketing regions from Jamaica to the eastern Caribbean is expected to reach Florida and the Gulf region of the United States this week. The cloud, also called a ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States. The ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert is currently moving across the Atlantic Ocean, which could make skies in the South hazy during early June. The Sahara Desert in North Africa spans more than 3.5 million ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert and third-largest desert overall behind Antarctica and the Arctic. The Sahara spans over 3.5 million square miles across North ...