Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have heard some things about Philadelphia Eagles wideout A.J. Brown reading on the ...

Anicet Dybantsa Sr. is from the Congo; AJ’s mother, Chelsea, is Jamaican. The backgrounds are unique and AJ believes it’s helped him learn about the world through multiple prisms.

January 23, 2025: The Somali pirates are back in action. It’s been eleven years since the last outbreak of piracy in the Red Sea. Violence against commercial shipping in the Red Sea region began in ...

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States, but for many Somali refugees finding stability and employment has been a struggle. So Mariam Mohamed, a Somali woman living ...

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is set to release for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on February 21. The latest in a long line of Sega games about Japanese organized crime, it brings the ...

Few figures in maritime history are as shrouded in mystery and controversy as Captain Kidd, a man whose life straddled the line between privateer and pirate, hero and villain. William Kidd began his ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are offering a staggering trade offer to the recipient of a rare Paul Skenes rookie card. Pittsburgh's baseball franchise wants the card and is offering major incentives for ...

Over 20 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.

Russia and Iran like to tout themselves as America's largest and most determined enemies, but everyone in the international community knows few geopolitical beefs run deeper than the United States ...

Let’s face it: trying to access The Pirate Bay in 2025 feels like playing Whac-A-Mole with the internet police. One day your go-to URL works, the next it’s gone—replaced by a sketchy clone that ...