Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s ...

Spanish scientists have used DNA analysis to uncover the true origin of Christopher Columbus, claiming he was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe. The findings, based on a 22-year investigation, were ...

A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several ...

The recent documentary by RTVE exposes findings that contradict long-held beliefs about Christopher Columbus. The documentary was released on Spain's National Day.

Israeli Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in his ... That’s why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew,” said the rabbi, who recently turned 90. An audio recording of some of ...

Christopher Columbus, an explorer and discoverer of the Americas, was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe. Spanish scientists have established this fact by analyzing DNA samples of the remains buried ...

“We started to reach out with any means at our disposal to the world of Jews, telling them: Look at Sepharad [Hebrew word for the Iberian Peninsula], this is where Sephardic Jews come ...

Moldovan voters appeared leery of a move to enshrine in their Constitution an “irreversible” commitment to abandon Russian influence and one day join the European Union. By Andrew Higgins ...

Lebanon’s Hizbullah launched a rocket targeting Mossad headquarters near Tel Aviv, which it says was responsible for assassinating its leaders and blowing up pagers and walkie-talkies used by ...