Series of reimagined African folk tales launches on Netflix

The Philippines is among the most dangerous places in the world for environmental activists

Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery after years of pressure from Indigenous activists

Montreal Canadiens superfans brace for historic record to be smashed

In France, students prove an unlikely ally in protests against pension reform

Divisions among Orthodox church communities widen amid war in Ukraine

50 years ago, Nixon announced the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam

Young Africans seek to leverage Vice President Harris’ trip to Africa 

Looted relics returned to Cambodia receive monks’ blessings

Trappist monks keep beer tradition alive despite decline in interest for monastic life

Vietnam draft dodgers who settled in Canada have influenced some of its small towns for generations

Former Taiwanese president makes historic visit to China

‘Walking on water’: Surfing makes waves in Nigeria

Mexico’s Interoceanic Corridor aims to rival the Panama Canal

This ‘earthquake lab’ is designing buildings to withstand natural disasters

Erol Josué’s new album Pèlerinaj highlights Haiti’s Vodou tradition and the artist’s own pilgrimage

Redevelopment proposal for Mumbai’s largest informal settlement stirs controversy

Russia’s new Fan ID law seen as new form of authoritarian surveillance

Russia’s war turns Armenia into a booming tech sector

An Iraq vet grapples with lingering toll of war

Aïda Muluneh’s public art photo exhibit is ‘a love letter to Ethiopia’

The risk of banking ‘contagion’ 

A rare murder conviction in the Philippines reveals a ‘broken’ justice system

A family of artists expresses how the war in Ukraine impacts their creative work

India’s tramway turned 150. But it’s on its last legs.

Young Iraqis reflect on the US-led invasion, its aftermath and their hopes for the future

Zimbabwe struggles to keep the power on

Faith and family sustain this Kyiv family in wartime Ukraine

Guyana’s discovery of oil reserves has the nation split between boosting the economy and preserving the environment

Art historians debate identity of iconic Mariupol painter

‘We have to fight’: Venezuelan women lead migration to Brazil

Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 

Gloria Estefan is set to be the first Hispanic woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

‘Red alert for child health’: A nationwide vaccine shortage hits Ghana amid measles outbreak

Iraq’s revived art scene is helping to heal the country’s wounds

‘We have to keep on living’: The search for love in wartime Ukraine

Iraqi author Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the ‘unbuilding’ of Baghdad

‘We are worried’: Melting glaciers lead to dangerous overflow in this Peruvian lake

Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at George W. Bush says his country is still paying the price for the US-led invasion

Scheduled blackouts roll South Africa into electricity crisis

Georgia faces a rocky road to EU membership

This 16th-century epic poem sparks political controversy in India

‘You have no rights here’: Ukrainian refugees in Georgia struggle to find affordable housing

Athletes in Ukraine strive for Olympic gold 

Artist Yun-Fei Ji grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution. He ponders art as ‘global citizenship.’

A Cuban filmmaker returns home to see his family during the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades

US special envoy: Taliban ‘puts women’s right at peril everywhere’

Three years into the pandemic, mask usage varies from country to country

‘We lost everything’: African students who fled war in Ukraine continue to struggle

Filmmakers hope that Oscar nomination for ‘The Quiet Girl’ renews interest in the Irish language

Thousands of passengers are stranded after Colombia’s Viva Air grounds flights 

The last of Mexico’s artisanal salt-makers preserve a 2,000-year-old tradition

‘I cannot give up’: Cambodian rapper says he will sing about injustice despite threats from govt

Ukrainian rock star reflects on a year of war in his country

Migrant farmworkers in Spain living in makeshift encampments have little hope for formal work

Ukrainian refugees in Poland will now be charged to stay in state-funded housing

This Colombian town is dimming its lights to attract more tourists to view the night sky