World

A surprising hit show features singing, dancing and a candid glimpse of the lives of North Korean defectors

For residents of northern Namibia and southern Angola, survival can often be precarious. Eight hundred thousand people inhabit one...

Zahraa Saifullah could be the face of a new generation of Pakistani women: powerful and wealthy, yet happy to show a sliver of...

...soccer players, that is

On Nov. 6, Puerto Rico is holding a referendum on the territory’s tricky political status with the United States. Puerto Rican...

An entire 800-year-old town is looking for buyers on eBay

The former enemies are big trading partners. Could military co-operation be next?

To protest a chicken sandwich -- reluctantly

The instability that follows Assad’s fall will be felt far beyond Syria

Havana is at the same time attracting and terrifying entrepreneurs