'Forget your past'. Those people intrepid enough to venture to the top of Mount Buzludzha in the Balkan Mountain range in central Bulgaria will be greeted by these three words daubed in red paint above the entrance to Bulgaria's largest ...

In Thailand and the surrounding countries, a parallel realm of the spirits provide powerful, everyday companions to mortal man. The symbols of Sak Yan (sacred tattooing) serve as a key to a door and a means of influencing that parallel world that ...

The Square Mile, otherwise known as The City, is London's business and financial centre, home to the Bank of England and the London Stock Exchange. This small patch of land, one of the richest on earth, has been shaken to its foundations by the recent ...

'Every person in enemy hands must have some status under international law.' International Committee of the Red Cross The US government began using the naval base at Guantanamo Bay as a prison camp in January 2002. It quickly became a vital tool in ...

A 7,000 billion dollar secret, the Swiss banking industry holds a third of all global offshore assets, ring-fenced by ingrained conservatism and strict banking secrecy laws. Accounting for half of the Swiss banking industry, two banks - UBS, and ...

Freedom of movement for Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip has been so restricted in recent years that the territory is commonly referred to as the "largest open-air prison on earth." The ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza began in 2007, but a...

Taking a leaf out of the book of Dubai and Las Vegas, the ultimate meccas of all things bling and plastic, Venecia palace is a riot of fluffy velvet, polished brass, faux-old furnishings and an artificial lake. Venecia is the first place offering this ...

Stretching 7,000 kilometers around the top of the planet, Russia's Far North dwarfs the Arctic regions of the rest of the world put together. Russian bureaucrats call the Arctic the "Zone of Absolute Discomfort" an icy wasteland dotted with decrepit...