Syrians waited in long queues at border gates in southern Turkey this week, preparing to return to their homeland. With a ...

A new directive from the Taliban bans women from studying dentistry, nursing and midwifery. The group, which took over the ...

In recent months, Russian forces have been advancing in eastern Ukraine at the fastest pace since the early days of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia and Ukraine are seeing high casualty rates, ...

Sednaya prison in Damascus was once synonymous with death and disappearance. Yet over the past week, thousands of families rushed to the prison in the hope of finding their missing loved ones. Many ...

For decades, Okinawa has prided itself as a hot spot for longevity. In 1999, the Japanese islands were listed as one of five “Blue Zones,” where people statistically live the longest, often into their ...

International college students — and their schools in the US — are bracing for President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. College administrators insist foreign students are welcome on campus. But ...

The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Martin Smith, the first Western journalist to interview HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani a few years ago for a Frontline film called "The Jihadist." ...

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country and, for the first time in two decades, Syrians say they are experiencing a taste of freedom. Assad brutally repressed a popular uprising, which ...

The number of foreign-born older people in the US is increasing fast: It’s expected to reach 23% of the total older population by 2060. But the US health care system is not always well prepared to ...

Russian state news agencies reported on Sunday that Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia where they will be granted asylum. For years, the Kremlin’s political and military support has enabled ...

As many Syrians rejoice at the downfall of the former dictatorship in their country, Israel has been conducting numerous ...

Emerging research pinpoints the exact time when Neanderthals and Homo sapiens began interbreeding to 47 years ago. That interbreeding left a genetic marker on modern human beings. Host Carol Hill ...