On a long trip away from home, some of the most memorable moments come from the hospitality of strangers. National Geographic ...

As street music fades in the city, Silvia Hernández restores the instruments — and the culture behind the sound.

Among Jewish people around the world, there’s a growing movement that’s challenging the pairing of Zionism with Judaism. In ...

Iran’s foreign minister is in Europe to meet with diplomats there as war with Israel continues. Meanwhile, hundreds of ...

The World’s Daniel Ofman speaks with journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about their new book that documents their ...

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a draft peace agreement that’s expected to be signed next week and aims ...

The leaders of Iran and Israel are confronting their limited options, as the fighting between their two countries continues.

The increasingly powerful Russian Orthodox Church has built hundreds of new churches over the past decade. But some people in ...

In Colombia, religious leaders are calling on politicians to tone down their rhetoric, as incidents of political violence ...

Some 2 1/2 years after a massive earthquake destroyed parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria, both countries are still ...

The Al-Kharrat family in Syria has kept the tradition of Sema, or the dance of the whirling dervishes, alive for decades.

In order to prevent Russian troops from advancing toward Kyiv, Ukrainian forces destroyed a dam on the Irpin River early on in the war. The flooding, as it turned out, created new wetland areas. Some ...