The US and Israel saw groups of ethnic Kurds based in Iraq as potential forces to arm Iranian protesters and help bring regime change. But the Kurdish leaders say mixed signals and lack of clear ...

Lahore-born musician Ali Sethi released a song that got so popular, some claimed it had the power to unite two countries at war. In this episode of the “Movement” podcast, about music and migration, ...

The Trump administration has deported as many as 15,000 people to countries they are not from, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Ranging from Mexico and El Salvador to Eswatini and South ...

A casual conversation with a friend led NYU neuroscientist Tim Requarth down an unsettling line of inquiry. His friend has made an AI video of himself scaling Mt. Rushmore, and a little while later, ...

Since the 1970s, Lebanon has seen almost a dozen armed conflicts within its borders. For Lebanese people, especially those who live in the country’s south, that means the scars of wars past and ...

Whale watching in the Gulf of California is big business. But whale sightings there have gone way down in recent years. Scientists say the trend in the waters between the Baja Peninsula and the ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with the members of one of her favorite bands — British hard rockers Deep Purple. Takaichi is a known fan of heavy metal, and said she has been listening to ...

The Trump administration has deported as many as 15,000 people to countries they are not from, ranging from Mexico to South Sudan. Also, whale sightings in the Gulf of California have dropped in ...