Ruth Simmons talks about how her upbringing and life illustrate determination and the transforming power of education in the Black History month series.

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” Nelson Mandela uttered those ...

South Africa appears to be at a crossroads in its waxing and waning relationship with the US following President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia, has been released, the White House announced on Tuesday ...

February 11th holds a significant place in the annals of history, marked by transformative events across various domains, ...

On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...

In 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese planes made their first bombing raids on North Vietnam. In 1970, Japan put a satellite, ...

In a statement on Sunday evening, Charles said he and Camilla were ‘profoundly saddened’ to learn of the death of former President Sam Nujoma.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, completing perhaps the most remarkable political comeback in American history. The Republican, the first convicted felon ...

HONG KONG — China is sending Vice President Han Zheng to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, Chinese state media reported Friday, the first time a senior Chinese leader ...

Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise’s during his night in a South African prison to prepare for his Nelson ... first Black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela died in ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the ... before serving as the first Black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela died in 2013 at the age of 95.