The U.S. began a blockade against Iran's ports in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after Tehran withdrew from peace talks with ...

This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

Pope Leo XIV wants to "turn the world's attention to Africa", according to a senior Vatican official, as he embarks on a ...

On a four-country tour of the continent, where the faith is growing faster than anywhere else, the pontiff will be greeted by ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced a promised gift, the “African Ceremonies” collection, that ...

The price of U.S. crude rose to $104.24 a barrel following the blockade announcement and Brent crude oil, the international ...

One night, 10-year-old Sebastián Montilla heard a creature moving over a tree branch on his father’s farm in Pijao, Quindío department, one of Colombia’s renowned coffee-growing regions. As he pointed ...

Elon Musk claims a Starlink licence block in South Africa is down to 'racism' ...

After Iran cl aimed in April 2026 that it had brought down a US warplane, old videos of parachutists circulated on social ...

Pope Leo sets out on a 10-day visit to Africa on April 13. He will visit four countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and ...

With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan's bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just ...

Nabih Bulos is the Middle East bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. Since 2012, he has covered the aftermath of the “Arab ...