To be named "world capital" of something is both a badge of honor, yet also something of a badge of shame, writer George Pendle tells NPR's Robert Siegel. It means your city revolves entirely around a ...

Looking for a fun activity you can do with your kids to reduce stress and learn geography? Well you're in luck, because the cartographers at National Geographic have adapted our World for Kids and ...

A World Map With No National Borders and 1,642 Animals A self-taught artist-cartographer and outdoorsman spent three years on an obsessive labor of love with few parallels. By Natasha Frost Reporting ...

If you’re a travel or geography buff, you’ll definitely enjoy 7 obscure countries with funny names and their capitals. The world is a big place, but it’s full of many tiny and obscure locations, too.

When President Joe Biden announced a new immigration executive action last month that would protect an estimated 500,000 migrants from deportation, it was a political decision guaranteed to cause a ...

From lively markets to historic streets, these countries with more than one capital offer travellers a chance to experience contrasting cities in one trip. The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP of ...

The Baltic countries comprise three nations in northeastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. They are called "Baltic" because they all lie along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. This sea ...

Less than a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, U.S. troops—with support from British, Canadian, French, German and Australian forces—invaded Afghanistan to fight Al ...