Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2025, making it the deadliest year on record. Also, Turkey sees two school shootings in one week. And ...

Mid-April marks the start of the annual “Great Moose Migration,” a beloved televised event in Sweden that offers audiences a nonstop livestream of the four-legged creatures on their three-week journey ...

There is an unexpected Muslim community in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the oldest neighborhood of Muslims in the country. They are known as the Cape Malay. And while they are staunch followers of ...

Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2025, making it the deadliest year on record in South and Southeast Asia, according to the UN refugee ...

India’s historic trains are perhaps the most famous in the world among travelers. Huge, clunking night trains crossing massive distances, while in the carriages, cross-sections of Indian society come ...

It’s rare in Turkey to have US-style school shootings, but just this week, there have been two of them. At least nine people have been killed. While the attacks happened in two cities in southeastern ...

Turkish American musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol is a virtuoso on the oud. But up until now, most his albums have featured the acoustic oud. For his latest release, “The Electric Oud Man Speaks … And You ...

New England, and much of the country, is experiencing a sharp drop in the number of traditional college-age students. But one ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been walking across continents for his project, the Out of Eden Walk. In that ...

Today the Trump administration announced a temporary 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. Also, long-time foes in Libya took part in joint US-led military exercises this week in an attempt by ...

A law in Japan requires that couples officially have the same last name. But dating companies and even whole towns are helping make it easier to “hack” the law. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler ...

Long-time foes in Libya took part in joint US-led military exercises this week. The bitter adversaries who head Libya’s eastern and western-based factions have taken other small steps toward ...