Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf channel that carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, according to U.S. officials, an effort that could further complicate American ...

The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” ...

Ghana ​intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as ‌the "gravest crime in the history of humankind" and calling for reparations, and expects broad support ...

The Faculty Senate of Old Dominion University overwhelmingly cast a vote of no confidence against the university’s president, provost and vice president on Tuesday.

At a time when millions of people around the world struggle with poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, and inadequate health care, a new war has once again engulfed the Middle East. This war ...

Iran might be outgunned and outspent by the US and Israel but it has one major advantage — its control over the Strait of Hormuz.

A 2005 bar fight led to a conviction and loss of a South Dakota license. Two decades later, Tim Decker is the sheriff in Nebraksa, seeking a full term.

Jens Schanze’s doc, premiering at Copenhagen, confronts "past colonization and present-day resource politics" in Bolivia and beyond with epic images, an observational approach, and, yes, llamas.

These are times of manufactured world chaos that disrupt accepted international order and place African countries in ...

On its own, the phrase “Christ is king” sums up a core tenet of the Christian faith, but the ancient proclamation can morph ...

Immigration is the most divisive issue in British politics. Our Writer at Large talks to the Home Office insider blowing the whistle ...

Societal structures exist that were never intentionally created. Human brains are hard-wired to seek shortcuts, meaning, and allies. Without any rule, people will form lines, take turns, and report ...