ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on ...

Some Africans are hoping one of their own could maybe become the first Black pope in modern history and add onto Francis's ...

Pope Francis, the second-oldest pope in modern history, has died at age 88, leaving behind a legacy of change in the Catholic Church.

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin helped shape the modern world. Illustration by Joe Ciardiello We are all pebbles dropped in the sea of history, where the splash strikes one way and the big ...

Van Reybrouck has produced a richly textured history of Indonesia’s struggle for independence and its emergence as a sovereign state.

Standardized measurement is the invisible infrastructure of the modern world. And when it fails ... and to the annals of history as a symbol of what happens when we take standards for granted.

Pope Francis, at 88, was the second-oldest pontiff in modern history after Pope Leo XIII ... In 2013, he shocked the world with his resignation after less than eight years. Citing ill health ...

Tucked into the lush landscape of Goa, this century-old Portuguese-era villa by Benicio Homes has undergone a striking ...

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

Every thread of Khadi carries the spirit of freedom and the promise of a sustainable future. And it makes sense in today's ...

It all happened in 1945, a year the National World War II Museum in New Orleans calls "the most consequential year in modern history." To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war ...