The Barbary pirates of North Africa attacked the coastal northern Mediterranean launching attacks against Britain, France, Italy and Sicily. In their feverish search for slaves a few pirates even went ...

1870: National unification of Italy was achieved after the Italian army, under Victor Emmanuel II seized Rome from the French. 1909: King Edward VII signed the South Africa Act, which created the ...

The genomes of thousands of mosquitoes reveal how the slave trade enabled the spread of the species that transmits dengue and ...

One lane on the road from Slave Island to Lake House roundabout has been closed due to a protest staged by CEB employees ...

Victor Mooney, a 59-year-old from Queens, NY, is biking across Poland to raise awareness about antisemitism and honor the memory of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. His effort is part of the We ...