In Unbroken Chains: a 5000 year history of African enslavement (Hurst, 2025) former BBC Africa Editor, Martin Plaut, provides a much-needed survey of slavery in Africa. He reveals to the general ...

Safety advisories for Caribbean islands may have travelers thinking twice before taking a tropical vacation, but a new report shows there are several islands with extremely impressive safety records.

Spanning a million square miles and dotted with more than 700 islands, the Caribbean Sea was one of the last places colonized by Native Americans as they explored and settled North and South America.

More than 10 US warships, including the country’s largest carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, are bearing down on the Caribbean amid escalating tensions between President Trump and Venezuela. A Marine ...

The Dominican Republic has no shortage of gorgeous beaches. Travel along the Caribbean island's hundreds of miles of coastline, and you'll find tons of unique beaches, each with something different to ...

SINGAPORE – For five years until it closed shop on Sept 30, a quaint, little space sat in the basement of The Fullerton Hotel, valiantly keeping a vanishing tradition alive – sending postcards. It was ...

The doco, which airs on BINGE on January 7, explores the true story of Australia’s most notorious bank robber, Brenden Abbott – a man who held up more than 40 banks in a crime spree that spanned ...

At his store in Tokyo’s ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues — including many made of ivory. International trade in elephant ivory ...

Travelers know a place reveals itself in its first drink as surely as its skyline. This winter, when daylight hours dwindle by five and holiday lights come on, evening arrives wrapped in cobalt.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have a personal travel tradition: while most of America stuffs itself with Thanksgiving turkey and salivates ...

Southwest Florida knows how to celebrate the holiday season. From Marco Island to Cape Coral, there have been parades on land and water, tree lightings, sledding courses and giant gingerbread houses.