Recently opened, the staff "are here to help people get used to it", the police's head of technology expansion department Cdr Demissie Yilma tells the BBC. Inside a booth, he taps a screen and goes ...

The medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan.

Ethiopia’s prime minister sees himself as a renaissance man trying to reimagine the old greatness of his country.

The Smithsonian commemorates Women’s History Month in March with a series of family-friendly events, film screenings and activities presented by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and ...

The start of the month traditionally depends on the sighting of the crescent moon. This year, the first day of Ramadan is expected to be on or around Wednesday.

For the first time in 60 years, the fire horse comes stampeding in with the energy of a "young thoroughbred," a feng shui ...

Lunar New Year begins February 17—here's what it celebrates, why dates shift, and what the Year of the Fire Horse means.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has appointed veteran aviation executive and former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Girma Wake, as interim CEO and advisor of Uganda Airlines, following the departure of ...

After a 16-month search, the free speech group has chosen two longtime employees, Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, as co-chief executives. By Jennifer Schuessler The free expression group PEN ...

As Bitcoin and altcoins pull back, equities exposed to these assets typically follow suit, with a global sell-off in tech names washing out risky bets across asset classes. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) price ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia's art museum is reversing course on a name change after four months. You can once again call it the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In October, the museum announced a ...