Pope Francis was the first pope born outside of Europe in over a millennium. Pope Francis marked multiple firsts for the papacy, becoming the first Latin American pope and the first from the Southern ...

Africa and Asia are connected by the Indian Ocean, and, for centuries, have exchanged people and knowledge through maritime and land pathways. From trade to religion, food to music, language to ...

Millions of years ago, a fiery plume rising from Earth’s mantle reshaped continents, closing ancient seas and lifting land that would forever change life on our planet. This upheaval forged a bridge ...

The 1955 Bandung conference that took place in Indonesia signified the start of a global and non-aligned movement that brought Asian and African nations and independence movements closer than ever ...