The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.

There’s nothing more annoying than the persistent buzz of a fly indoors, not to mention the fact that some flies can transmit ...

Communicable diseases remain among the serious public health threats in developing urban centres and Harare is no exception. Outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and dysentery continue to claim lives despite ...

Contrary to Hollywood scripture, RL Cowboy Lyfe was less Rawhide and more A Million Ways to Die of Dysentery in the Desert. The life of a cowboy in the 1800s was a full plate of hard work, danger, and ...

This musical, created by StarKid Productions, parodies the classic video game, following a dysfunctional family's journey ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate 'America 250' this July, revisit Revolutionary-era Mohawk Valley Battlefields, beginning with Battle of Fort Bull.

When you had the amount of cred that Humphrey Bogart had, you could write your drink requests into your movie contracts. Here's what he drank at wrap time.

Irish politician Thomas Gould has become a bit of star in the Caribbean after a video of him speaking in the Irish parliament drew comments for the surprising similarity of his Cork accent to the ...

Florence Nightingale never set foot in India. Yet from a sickbed in London, armed with mortality data and an unstoppable pen, she rewrote the country's sanitary code, slashed soldier death rates from ...

Fowler doesn’t waste time stopping for meals on his cactus expeditions. As dawn broke, a Grateful Dead album played quietly in the background and the men gossiped about fellow succulent lovers who’d ...

Where asphalt parallels the river, travelers can imagine for an instant they are a stone’s throw from another age, country, and culture. Less than two centuries ago, the Arkansas served the same ...

Jeff Goldblum discusses his approach to acting along with the idea of masking, as well as Marlon Brando, who he deems a "brilliant genius".