The increasingly powerful Russian Orthodox Church has built hundreds of new churches over the past decade. But some people in ...

David Serkis, a retiree from Alberta, has won the lottery’s top prize four times. Three of those wins were in a nine-month period and add up to $2.5 million. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have ...

Of the 240 passengers who boarded an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London — just one survived Thursday morning’s plane crash. The aircraft, a Boeing Dreamliner, went down five minutes after ...

The Al-Kharrat family in Syria has kept the tradition of Sema, or the dance of the whirling dervishes, alive for decades.

A London-bound plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Officials have confirmed that there was a single survivor. The plane crashed ...

The United States is withdrawing diplomatic personnel in Iraq after warnings that Israel appears ready to launch an attack on Iran as it’s only a step away from nuclear weapon capabilities. But ...

The government of Bashar al-Assad made the media in Syria a tool of its propaganda. It arrested and intimidated writers and journalists who opposed the official line. Books were censored and ...

The tragic crash of the Air India flight earlier Thursday has renewed concerns around the safety record of planes produced by Boeing. But as retired aircraft accident investigator Jeff Guzzetti told ...

Vladimir Medinsky, a former culture minister and Putin aide, has been Moscow’s chief negotiator in talks with Ukraine. Medinsky’s popular history books and his emphasis on “patriotic education” have ...

Ellie Wilson is a classically trained violinist who has previously performed in rock and folk bands. But her latest work involves a new collaborator: the humble moth. The World’s Bianca Hillier has ...

For the last three nights running, rioters have clashed with police in Northern Ireland, burning cars, homes and businesses. UK officials have described it as “racist thuggery.” The justice minister ...

Britain’s energy secretary, Ed Miliband, says his country is poised to lead the world into a new nuclear golden age. The British government has just signed on to fund a $19 billion new nuclear power ...