Syriac, an ancient dialect of Aramaic, is disappearing, so the community has launched a Syrian TV channel.
Yevgeny Prigozhin is a former convict and self-made oligarch who some now see as gunning for President Putin’s job.
Yasmeen Lari is making bamboo houses for people living on the front lines of climate change.
The eviction of 750,000 Palestinians in 1948, the Nakba, is a crime that Israel and the world have yet to atone for.
The longest-running stage musical in Broadway history is taking its final bow in New York City.
Indian makeup maven Debasree Banerjee has found fans across the world with a simple philosophy: brown is beautiful.
Eighteen candidates are competing to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as president, but only four are frontrunners.
A visual timeline of key events defining the past 12 months.
Demining operations happen amid the still ongoing conflict in Senegal between the government and rebel groups.
Fabrizio Cardinali, aged 72, has lived entirely off the grid for more than half a century.