Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ancestors.

Of the three plainclothes ICE agents captured on camera ... In Virginia, concealing one’s identity in public using a face mask is a Class 6 felony. Enforcing that law has proven difficult ...

Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred "katakle" three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation's ...

ANSTO scientists from the Australian Center for Neutron Scattering were members of an interdisciplinary team led by the ...

Guinea-Bissau, where there are virtually no art galleries, no art schools and little government funding for the arts, has ...

Spring is in full swing, and Mother’s Day is right around the corner! This special holiday honoring all the moms—and mother ...

The United States will cut $50 million worth of medical aid a year to Zambia because of "systematic" theft of the aid in past ...

She noted that although malaria cases had declined over the past two decades, only three African countries – Algeria, Mauritius, and recently Cabo Verde – had successfully eliminated the disease.

With its arrow-shaped leaves and bold white veins, the African Mask Plant is like having a piece of abstract art that just happens to be alive. It’s the sort of plant that instantly upgrades a ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic ...

African masks are an essential part of the continent's cultural heritage, each representing a different tribe and tradition. However, crafting these masks requires skill and some knowledge of ...

At least three African cardinals are among those currently cited as “papabile,” the term used by Vatican observers to describe possible contenders to lead the Catholic Church. They are ...