One-fifth of the world's oil typically passes through the waterway. Bahrain has significantly watered down a proposed UN resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid opposition from China and ...

transatlantic slave trade Captive Africans being transferred to ships along the Slave Coast for the transatlantic slave trade, c. 1880. / Image: Brittanica The United Nations General Assembly has ...

Nyerere K. Billups, Sr. announces the Chicago launch of “Unscripting” on March 28, 2026, a collection of essays focused on identity and intentional living. Unscripting is an invitation to question ...

The Atlantic tarpon migrates hundreds of miles along the US coast but the population has dropped as its mangrove habitats are damaged Fish species that undertake mammoth migrations through rivers, ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday oversaw the test-launch of 12 600mm-calibre multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA said, after the United States and South Korea this week launched ...

A United Nations watchdog has warned that "racist hate speech" used by President Donald Trump and other US politicians has fuelled human rights violations. A report by the Committee on the Elimination ...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman called Gov. Kathy Hochul “un-American” Tuesday for making contradictory statements about the US strikes against Iran. “At a time when American ...

GENEVA — A “campaign of destruction” in October by Sudanese paramilitary forces against non-Arab communities in and near a city in the western region of Darfur shows “hallmarks of genocide,” UN-backed ...