The killing of two US service members in an attack in Syria over the weekend has raised questions about the future of American forces in the country. Also, prosecutors in Serbia have charged a ...

Prosecutors in Serbia have charged a government minister there with abuse of office and falsifying of documents, in an apparent attempt to pave the way for a real estate project. That high-rise ...

The European Union’s ambitious plans to pivot to electric vehicles may be unraveling. Brussels has announced it will backtrack on its 2035 combustion engine ban, and allow carmakers to continue ...

Baker and writer Laurel Kratochvila says that when it comes to Polish baking, it’s best when the food is “good, good, not too sweet.” That phrase inspired the title of her new cookbook, “Dobre Dobre: ...

The 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia is up there with the Titanic as one of the worst maritime disasters in history. This week, a Swedish-Estonian-Finnish investigative team said the shipwreck, which ...

Two US service members were killed in an attack in Syria over the weekend. This is the first time American forces have been killed in the country since the new government took control a year ago.

Lighthouse Reports stumbled on a new, secret software being used to track people all over the world. It is easy to understand why some of them were being surveilled — journalists, politicians, the ...

Since the 16th century, people have interpreted fortunes in the dregs of Turkish coffee. But a new generation is making the practice their own. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren brought us the story from ...

Rokia Koné recorded the song N’yanyan in one take, on a night when the world around her was in upheaval. It was August of 2020, and there was a coup d’etat in Mali. She found solace in the words, ...

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on charges of conspiracy after a lengthy trial widely viewed as a sham. Lai has been in detention for over five years already, during ...

Abandoned parts of rural Spain now have a musical champion: an up-tempo trio called The Leeches of Guadiana. The young musicians sing the praises of small-town life, and call for its revival. As The ...

A company called First WAP makes sophisticated phone-tracking software capable of pinpointing any person in the world. The company behind the technology has tried to remain unknown. But an ...