The Al-Hadba minaret was part of the centuries old Great Mosque of al-Nuri when it was destroyed in 2017 by ISIS. Now a multi-year rebuilding effort involving the United Arab Emirates, UNESCO and local Iraqi craftsmen is complete. The Worlds Host Marco Werman speaks with Iraqi photojournalist Ali Al-Baroodi about the significance of the restoration and the ...

For a small but vocal group of mostly older activists, reclaiming Okinawa's history as the Ryukyu Kingdom and pushing for independence from Japan is a deeply personal mission. It's being supported by an unlikely ally: Beijing. The post In Okinawa, an independence movement finds an unlikely ally appeared first on The World from PRX.

Some of the most prominent Russian dissidents and their supporters gathered over the weekend in Berlin. The opposition has a wide range of demands, but this was an opportunity for activists to gather with a common message to end Russian President Vladimir Putin's reign. The post Russian opposition leaders and thousands of supporters rally in Berlin against ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about Suyanggae, South Korea, an archaeological zone with rare and precious relics of the peoples who first arrived there up to 46,000 years ago. He observes that the Stone Age represents about 99% of human history, and most of that unrecorded human experience remains unknown. The post Out ...

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East German culture disappeared practically overnight, cast aside for the newly accessible West. But today, amid dissatisfaction with the progress of German reunification, some former East Germans are taking a new look back at the past. The post A bumpy ride down East Germany’s memory lane appeared first on The ...