The Taklamakan Desert in China is now surrounded by a 1900-mile green belt to prevent sandstorms and protect local ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov 26, 2024 shows the Great Wall at sunrise near Zhaizhugou village, Zunhua city of North ...

Philippines-held Thitu island is the only naturally occurring Spratly Islands feature to host a civilian population.

China launches the world's first self-navigating satellites, equipped with advanced AI and SAR technology for autonomous ...

New satellite photos ... China is rapidly developing and producing weapons systems designed to deter the United States and, if deterrence fails, to emerge victorious in a great-power war.” ...

Dr Jaafar al Jotheri holds satellite images and explores the site of the Battle of al-Qadisiyah, which was fought in Mesopotamia - present-day Iraq - in the 630s AD between Arab Muslims and the ...

New research from a team at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California relying on satellite images courtesy of Planet Labs PBC and Chinese documents, China has been working on ...

Alarming satellite images appear to show Russia’s R-30 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a key element of the Russian nuclear arsenal, being deployed on nuclear-powered ballistic ...

Beirut — Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the ...

Initially, the team was mapping out the Darb Zubaydah pilgrimage route from Kufa in Iraq to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, using declassified spy satellite images from ... (9.7-kilometer) wall has been ...

William Deadman, a specialist in archaeological remote sensing at Durham University, said the Cold War era satellite images are a commonly used tools by archeologists working in the Middle East ...

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according ...