Exterior of the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, a museum that focuses on Asian Art, located on the National Mall. (Eurobanks/Shutterstock) Spectacular inscribed vases, dazzling pen cases, cups ...

Despite its vast mineral wealth, the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the world’s poorest nations and will likely remain so for years, hobbled by regional wars and corruption. That’s a lot to ...

Despite its vast mineral wealth, the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the world’s poorest nations and will likely remain so for years, hobbled by regional wars and corruption. That’s a lot to ...

For most of human history, headdresses—hats, scarves, crowns, caps and other head coverings—have served both utilitarian and expressive purposes. They are both a tool and a visual business card, ...

People often think of the American Revolution as a specific event that unfolded in an orderly way, rushing inexorably toward the reality of an independent nation that was destined to grow into a ...

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson shakes hands with Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon at Villa Somalia in 2013. (AMISOM Public Information / Flickr) Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is ...

Books written by the panelists at AU's Oct. 20 event: "Hitler's Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism" by Michael Brenner, and "Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right" by ...

Team U.S.A. plays against Team Canada at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. (Grindstone Media Group / Shutterstock) As the speed of technology ...

Diplomatic envoys attending the celebrate Timor-Leste accession to ASEAN on Nov. 10. Last month, the Embassy of Timor-Leste celebrated the nation’s accession to the Association of Southeast Asian ...

Vladyslav, a combat lifesaver in the Ukrainian Army whose call sign is “Savage,” was completely drained after two years of constant bloodshed. “The only thing that kept me going was the hope of ...

At 79, Roelf Meyer should have been retired already. Born in 1947—the year before South Africa officially instituted apartheid—Meyer came from a white Dutch-descended Afrikaner family and studied law ...