The property manager of a shabby office building in this congested East African capital has achieved what the U.S., U.N. and ...

Two books about the American Civil War’s aftermath focus on the experiences of formerly enslaved people.

If there is a paradigmatic example of this crisis in American history, it can be found in the secession crisis of 1860 to ...

All the plans are made here for you to explore a peaceful area filled with historical charm, good food and movie memories ...

A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark the anniversary of the first battles.

As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape American government in his own image, the question of whether our democracy can ...

Syria's interim government said it has reached a landmark agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces into state institutions ...

When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a familiar, outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S. c ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

Middlebury College is among 60 schools that received letters from the Office of Civil Rights on Monday; those letters are related to allegations of antisemitism, according to the U.S. Department of ...

California schools make up 10 of the 60 universities being investigated by the Office of Civil Rights nationwide for alleged antisemitism.

Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian retribution and killings, posing a serious challenge to the new leadership led ...