Over 50 U.S. colleges and universities, including three in New York, are under investigation for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to the U.S. Department of ...

I was also surprised by how it made me feel pride as an Irish American. I've lived in New York City for almost six ... like Houdini's handcuffs and World War I-era wishbones dangling from a ...

Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar ...

Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series of shifts, with violence sweeping the west coast homeland of deposed President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect and ...

Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar, an ...

Of course? Irish soda Bread? Why not? Irish potato soup, Sure, goes great with the soda bread. But, what else? This gallery looks at ten different Upstate New York pubs that are serving up some great ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

Trudeau accuses Trump of trying to ‘annex’ Canada and appease PutinOpens in new window ] Carney has Irish roots. A grandparent emigrated to Canada from Mayo about a century ago. Two other ...

Khalid El-Astal (31), who lives in Dún Laoghaire, believes his family are among the last Irish citizens left in the war-torn Strip. Yet, despite their Irish passports, they have been unable to leave.

Is that a call for a civil war? Kinda sounds like it to me. Are there any solutions to the current horrid division in America? Can we unite the country? Can we avoid a civil war? Let me suggest ...

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The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region. Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.