He is best known for his central role as co-discoverer of the theory of evolution, culminating in the publication of his most ...

Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican said. Francis was last seen Sunday when he gave the ...

THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in white tunics gather at the DSK Mariam Church to chant and pray in an ...

In this episode of “The Opinions,” the deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy talks to the columnist Lydia Polgreen about the ...

President Isaac Herzog told the gathered dignitaries that “While we are here, the souls of dozens of Jews still thirst for ...

AMANUEL SILESHI / AFP Are the recent high-level appointments in Ethiopia likely to ease tensions ... into direct confrontation with the party's number one, Debretsion Gebremichael.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Sharon Lokedi of Kenya obliterated the course record at the Boston Marathon by more than two minutes Monday, using a blistering kick down the stretch to win in 2 hours, 17 minutes and 22 seconds.

Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...