Southeastern Oregon is pretty empty. And it’s kind of lonely. Go far enough, and you’ll reach downright desolate. A new documentary, “Empty Quarter,” drives that home with a similarly bare, no-frills ...

In 1930, a small team of men led British explorer Bertram Thomas on what became the first recorded crossing of Rub' al Khali, or "The Empty Quarter", the largest sand desert in the world. For the ...

A group of explorers is tracing an historical journey through the Empty Quarter, the largest contiguous sand desert in the world. The vast, empty expanse of more than 650,000 square kilometres is also ...

The latest Cyclone Mekunu has turned parts of of the arid Rub' al-Khali desert, also known as the Empty Quarter, into water lakes, in a rare phenomenon that has not happened in nearly 20 years.

As three men staggered towards a large fort on the outskirts of Doha, their bodies were exhausted but their spirits were soaring. That short but memorable walk was the last symbolic leg of an epic ...

The trek of the unbroken sea of sand in the Gulf has never been done but Calderan is taking on the challenge. “I am very excited,” he said January 18 in Riyadh before starting his journey. Crossing a ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Arabian Peninsula's Empty Quarter, known as Rub' al Khali, is the world's largest sand sea, ...