Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

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South African stage legend John Kani has become known for films such as “Black Panther” and now stars in his play “Kunene and ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

The U.N. food agency says one of its staffers detained last month by Houthi rebels in Yemen has died in prison.

Sudan's foreign ministry has unveiled a post-war roadmap toward establishing democratic elections in a country ravaged by ...

The prison visit occurred in a corridor with six ... s government forces during a popular uprising that turned into civil war. He said he later wanted to leave Syria but could not.

cheering and hoisting the released prisoners on their shoulders in scenes of jubilation. The ceasefire is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel ...