N o premodern poet praised coffee with greater passion than the North African jurist-poet Abu al-Fath al-Tunisi (d.1576). As ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

Three suspected migrants have died and a fourth is hospitalized after two boats capsized off Panama’s Caribbean coast.

The penguins perished by the thousands for a simple, agonizing reason: a lack of food. In two key colonies off the coast of South Africa, the vast majority of the breeding birds probably starved to ...

The International Organization for Migration says two infants are among at least 53 people feared dead or missing after a boat capsized off Libya's coast.

Unidentified oil is washing up on South African beaches, closing shores and raising fears for wildlife as officials investigate the source of dense tar balls and oil barrels.

Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are feared dead after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of ...

A rubber boat carrying 55 passengers, including two babies, has overturned off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency ...

Five minutes’ walk up the hilly road from the mangroves lining the tidal flats of Jomvu Creek, the sharp scent of sea water fills the air. A dozen women fill a small hall with laughter and ...

The victims are among at least 484 migrants who have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya’s coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing ...

Nora doesn’t have the name recognition—or crowds—of Pompeii. But the well-preserved coastal settlement offers travelers a ...