A Cyprus court has sentenced a Syrian national to five years in prison for helping 31 Syrian migrants reach the east Mediterranean island nation aboard an overloaded boat.

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Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

Rumors of a feud between Miley Cyrus' family members broke out after her mother Tish announced her relationship to Dominic Purcell—who Noah was rumored to have been involved with previously.

In the eyes of Israelis, Trump has become a figure of biblical proportions. Like King Cyrus the Great of Persia, who allowed ...