Reading Lolita in Tehran, the best-selling memoir by Azar Nafisi, came out in 2003. It told the story of how Nafisi and seven ...

In Uganda, scientists have found a new use for catnip: mosquito repellent. A new study presented at the Society for ...

We listen to a track from Marlon Williams. She’s New Zealand’s hottest Māori singer right now, and she’s accompanied on the ...

After Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes, many international rescue teams have left as the window for finding survivors narrows.

Health workers on the frontline of the Ebola outbreak are on strike. Complaints include a lack of protective equipment and ...

For the past four years, Matariki, the Māori New Year, has been an official holiday in New Zealand. Māori poet Tayi Tibble ...

The strategic central Sudanese city of el-Obeid is now the focal point in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The ...

From the Iran war to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, events this year have highlighted the way nations use the global energy ...

Dozens of people have died, and hundreds have been displaced in flooding across West Africa. The World’s Marco Werman speaks ...

DW reporter Stephanie Wolf brings us the story of a ballet about Soviet defector Rudolf Nureyev that’s getting a revival in ...

The success of Cape Verde’s run at the World Cup gave people around the globe an appreciation of the hidden talents in this ...

The meeting of 32 world leaders comes as the future of the military alliance has never looked more uncertain. NATO Secretary ...