In the spring of 1096, during the First Crusade, Christian crusaders and local mobs unleashed brutal violence on Jewish communities in the German cities of Speyer, Worms, Mainz and Cologne. Thousands ...

Carter’s impulse to heal and seek peace was evident on his second day in office, when he pardoned all who had left the ...

Sitta, a Palestinian academic, is renowned for his extensive work documenting Palestine's land and people, as well as developing a practical return plan for Palestinian refugees.

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.

When he showed up at the Chicago Tribune one day in early 1976, James Earl Carter, Jr., was announced by one of our young newsroom copy clerks as “that governor from Georgia who thinks he can run for ...

But these assumptions are shattered by the appearance of the Mule, a mutant with extraordinary powers and millions of devoted ...

Boston’s second poet laureate will discuss “Three Leaves, Three Roots” at the Harvard Book Store, Brookline Booksmith, and ...

This year Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of Auschwitz, ...

President-elect Donald Trump has floated the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Here's ...

On Jan. 10, 1984, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time in 116 years.

The lessons of 1945 remain as relevant today as they were eight decades ago. Our world is interconnected, and our destinies ...

For the first time, a United Nations treaty will bear the name of a Vietnamese location. The “Hanoi Convention,” adopted by consensus, is a milestone in global efforts to combat cybercrime. The UN ...