The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held ...

After signing off on 25 percent tariffs for Canadian goods, Trump claimed on Sunday that the US pays billions to “subsidize” Canada and argued that “without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to ...

These diseases had once been extraordinary rarities. When HIV hit, they were everywhere. I remember how I blew up gloves into balloons to distract the kids, so small and polite, their hair neatly ...

Black History Month celebrates Black contributions, history, and culture. Originating as Negro History Week in 1926, it has grown into a nationwide movement promoting education, recognition, and ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Kenya’s “Boda Girls” are turning a male-dominated industry upside down. Their favored customers are pregnant women needing ...

Sudan's war is causing untold misery and threatening to spill over into the neighbourhood. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2025, Crisis Group explores how the EU and its member states can assist ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two ...

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee ...