Comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. With the regime that stifled dissent under former President Bashar al ...

This year marks a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. A well-known memorial in Washington, DC, pays tribute to the ...

During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most ...

The clash between the Trump administration and Voice of America continues. In March, an executive order was issued to ...

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a US-based firm that helped design and manage an aid initiative to deliver food to ...

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a US-based firm that helped design and manage an aid initiative to deliver food to Palestinians in Gaza in areas controlled by the Israeli military, has withdrawn ...

Images of candles, flowers or a single banana in front of four apples in a line. These are among the images that are being erased from the internet in China today. That’s because it’s June 4, and also ...

According to recent research, the semicolon has declined in use in British books by 50%. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum explores why the misunderstood punctuation mark is under threat.

David Bliss grew up hearing stories about his great-aunt Bertha, a once-energetic woman who ran her own shop in the small ...

Developers of genetically modified seeds hope to boost production and prevent crop diseases in countries hit the hardest by climate change. But farmers on the ground in Kenya have big concerns. The ...

The Dutch Election Commission has to schedule new elections, after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled his ministers from the four-party governing coalition. Opposition leaders in parliament ...

A shrine on the outskirts of Damascus has long been a prominent destination for Shias from around the world. Its golden dome ...