Al Qaeda’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, sought to dampen enthusiasm for Mr. Obama’s election by saying that the “new face” of America only masked a “heart full of hate.”

Al Qaeda’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, sought to dampen enthusiasm for Mr. Obama’s election by saying that the “new face” of America only masked a “heart full of hate.”

Mr. Mphahlele’s 1959 memoir, “Down Second Avenue,” vividly dramatized the injustices of apartheid and became a landmark work of South African literature.

A recent spate of violence against immigrants across Italy is fueling a national conversation about racism and tolerance.

Fourteen years after the end of apartheid, high rates of crime and inequality have left the country unnerved.

The white owner of a construction was released on parole after serving three years of a life sentence for ordering a black worker be beaten and thrown to a pack of lions.

A genetic variation could account for 11 percent of the caseload of H.I.V. in Africa, explaining why the disease is more common there than expected, researchers say.

A genetic variation could account for 11 percent of the caseload of H.I.V. in Africa, explaining why the disease is more common there than expected, researchers say.

The July issue of Italian Vogue calls attention to prejudice by using only women of color.

A new black consciousness is emerging in France, lately hastened by, of all things, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States.