Every year, in the Costa Rican village of Boruca, men dress in garish masks and costumes to reenact their ancestors' battle ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek talks about his experience with South Korea's so-called "love motels," short-term ...

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, people have been evacuating and safeguarding Ukrainian works of ...

Lebanon has not had a president since 2022, even though the country’s parliament has tried 12 times to elect a head of state. On Thursday, there was a vote, with a winner: Joseph Aoun,  a Lebanese ...

A state funeral for Jimmy Carter is being held on Thursday in Washington. When the 39th US president was sworn into office in 1977, he pledged to elevate human rights in American foreign policy. We ...

A group of musicians in New York City have gotten together to form an ensemble featuring classical music by Middle Eastern composers of diverse nationalities. They perform music by Palestinians, ...

The last time Japan’s army came to the Philippines in big numbers was during World War II, amid an invasion that left the country in ruins. But that was 80 years ago. Now, the Philippines wants ...

The blazing fire overtaking Los Angeles is an all-hands-on-deck situation. Helicopters, planes, pilots and crews from Canada are swooping in to join the effort to put the fire out. The copters are ...

The European import of liquefied natural gas from Russia hit a record high last year, even as the European Union introduced policy measures to ween member states off of Russian energy. Jan-Eric ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek talks about his experience with South Korea’s so-called “love motels”: short-term rental hotels that cater primarily to people seeking space for intimate ...

Dignitaries from the US and around the world paid their respects to Jimmy Carter at his state funeral in Washington on Thursday. We conclude the show with sound from Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held their final meeting on Thursday at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The two used the occasion to argue for military support to ...