Hippos are dangerous — highly territorial and fiercely protective of their young. They are capable of capsizing boats and ...

Tuscany is an excellent region for camping, and its offerings, ranging from forest to ocean views, are numerous. Here is your ...

Ferry Building's 127th birthday party, 'Underground Orange,' Orchestra Gold, SFDanceworks, Sholeh Asgary, more to do!

US relations with Africa face new headwinds this week as US President Donald Trump ’s ban on foreign visitors kicks in. Starting today, citizens from seven African nations will be banned from entering ...

Islamist militants in West Africa could develop new revenue streams if they succeed in reaching the coast, the head of the US military’s Africa Command warned Tuesday.

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...

H is parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

Between the 16th and 19th Centuries, hundreds of thousands of Europeans were captured by pirates known as the Barbary corsairs. Many spent the rest of their lives in slavery in North Africa. We ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.

Sam Goldwyn picked Barbary Coast as a title and called in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur to write a story to fit. Result is a picture that has all it takes to get along in thoroughbred company.