The eldest son of the celebrated Maratha emperor, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Sambhaji was the second ruler of the kingdom after his father’s death. (Wikimedia Commons)In the autumn of 1687, the Mughal and ...

MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built waterway that Washington handed over to the Panamanian ...

If you’re going to take style cues from anyone in this world, Taylor Swift most definitely up there on the list. When she’s not kitted out in fully bedazzled corsets, ethereal floaty dresses ...

In a sign of the importance Russia places in its relationships in Africa, Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Touadéra in Moscow, in what were the Russian president’s first international talks ...

MUMBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee was marginally weaker on Friday as the impact of heightened dollar demand, spurred by the maturity of positions in the non-deliverable forwards market ...

The continent's most electrified nations, concentrated largely in North Africa but including South ... reduce energy costs, and spur the development of a more comprehensive and better integrated ...

Women's cricket in Africa is strongest in the south of the continent, and there are pockets of growth and progress in the east. But now, for the first time, the west will have a presence at a ...

overage of Africa’s economies tends to focus on its natural resources, but increasingly, the future of the continent is being shaped by its potential for digital growth. The continent’s increasingly ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

Juan Carlos Perez watched his life unravel in a matter of days. The wind-fueled fire that swept through his Altadena neighborhood last week not only destroyed his family’s home but also the ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...