In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

On Monday, Kamel Daoud wins France's top literary award - the Prix Goncourt - for a book which has been banned in his native ...

Opposition parties and many citizens have rejected the results of the Oct. 9 presidential election as fraudulent and growing ...

The decision to extend the transition period in South Sudan once again and postpone long-awaited elections cannot be "business as usual", the UN Special Representative for the country told the ...

Salva Kiir will almost certainly be remembered for sowing the divisions and corruption that will plague South Sudan for years ...

Polarization is self-reinforcing as it breeds distrust. We’re prone to accept information as truthful only if we trust the ...

Russia has lost more than 700,000 troops since the beginning of its war more than two and a half years ago, according to Ukraine's military. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces claims ...

Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss Ukraine with Donald Trump, but that doesn't mean he is willing to alter his demands, the Kremlin has said. The Russian president congratulated Mr Trump on ...

Our winners and losers from Rassie Erasmus' team to face Scotland. Scotland have been bolstered by the return of Finn Russell, Ben White and Blair Kinghorn for their Autumn Nations Series clash with ...