According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 99% of the city can trace heritage back to another country.

Latvian adventurer Karlis Bardelis cycled into Namibia, finishing a world circumnavigation that began eight years and ...

Cartwright Hall was built on the site of Manningham Hall, the home of Lord Masham - formerly Samuel Cunliffe Lister - who built Manningham Mills. In 1870 the multi-millionaire sold the grounds to ...

Cornell University’s Office of Global Learning has advised students who are traveling abroad to return before January 21 – ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia’s western tip on December 26, 2004, generated a series of waves as high as 30 metres ...

EMOTIONAL ceremonies began across Asia on Thursday (Dec 26) to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a ...

Bashir Ahmed, with the nonprofit MyProjectUSA, explains how first-generation Somali Americans face unique challenges in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Many people know Yusuf Ahmed as an author, local nonprofit founder and active member of his Somali American community. But his journey begins within the walls of a prison cell while in solitary ...

MOGADISHU - Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. It follows similar ...

The pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew off the northeastern coast of Somalia last month are demanding $10 million in ransom, according to a Somali official.

The vessel was hijacked in late November and taken to Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, where it is being held along with the captives. An official said that the US “was ...