Ghana

First lady Melania Trump arrives at Cairo international airport, Egypt, on Saturday.

Melania Trump: Talk about my actions, not my fashion

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 6, 2018 5:55 pm

First lady Melania Trump helps a student as she visits a language class at Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi,, on Thursday.

Melania Trump donates 1.4 million books to Malawi school

Caitlin Yilek · October 4, 2018 7:39 pm

First lady Melania Trump listens to Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson during a tour of Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, on Wednesday. Cape Coast Castle was a "slave castle" used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. First lady Melania Trump is visiting Africa on her first solo international trip.

‘Very emotional’: Melania Trump visits former slave-holding fort in Ghana

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 6:05 pm

First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The first lady is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour.

Melania Trump begins Africa trip with a baby in her arms

Caitlin Yilek · October 2, 2018 5:25 pm

First lady Melania Trump is greeted by Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Mrs. Trump is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour.

Beltway Confidential

The first lady touched down in Ghana. Here’s why her solo trip to Africa matters

Erin Dunne · October 2, 2018 2:18 pm

Kofi Annan speaks during a press briefing in 2012 at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80

Associated Press · August 18, 2018 12:39 pm

A baby is baptized during a mass baptism ceremony in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.

Study: Young people are more religious than older adults in these two countries

William Nardi · June 13, 2018 5:55 pm

The Center for Migration Studies of New York estimates 10.79 million people are in the country illegally and says that figure is down almost 1 million people from the 11.725 million in 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

US illegal immigrant population fell by nearly 1 million since 2010: Think tank

Anna Giaritelli · February 22, 2018 10:28 pm

While visiting his home in the Bronx borough of New York City for the first time since joining the Army, Emmanuel Mensah tried to rescue his neighbors from the massive fire that engulfed his apartment building where he lived with family friends. Mensah later died from smoke inhalation. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Army National Guard soldier died while saving neighbors in Bronx fire

Katie Leach · December 30, 2017 3:35 pm

"What I can tell you is that unfortunately, there have been Americans who have died because of [released] Guantanamo detainees," Paul Lewis said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Official admits: Released Gitmo prisoners have killed Americans

Susan Crabtree · March 23, 2016 4:30 pm

A rescue worker from USAID inspects the site of a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Does foreign aid really do good?

Jonathan Foreman · September 27, 2015 4:01 am

UN mission to combat Ebola opens HQ in Ghana

Sarah DiLorenzo · September 29, 2014 10:26 pm