When the terrorist group ISIS emerged in Syria in the last decade, some 30,000 foreign fighters went to Syria to fight for the group. Most were from Europe and Asia. About 300 Americans joined or attempted to join ISIS, including one woman who was married to an American ISIS fighter. The post We have no future: A Syrian woman speaks about her life with an ...

The work of 33-year-old Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is as poetic as it is technically challenging covering topics ranging from government corruption to the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, he channels the voice of Iran's disillusioned youth. This week, a revolutionary court in Isfahan overruled a previous court decision granting leniency for Salehi, and ...

ISIS still conducts large-scale attacks like the one in Russia last month that killed about 130 people. In Syria, where the group originated, it continues to be active. One strategy to contain ISIS has been to hold thousands of people in detention camps in northeastern Syria. The post Guantanamo on an epic scale: Life inside ISIS detention camps in Syria ...

Paris won the bid to host this summers Olympics, in part, on a promise to rejuvenate one of the countrys most notorious suburbs: Seine-Saint-Denis. But not all residents are sure the transformation will work. The post This Paris suburb gets a facelift amid controversy ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games appeared first on The World from PRX.

The European Commission is calling the new TikTok Lite app toxic as cigarettes. Its a spin-off from the makers of the original TikTok, that pays people to watch videos. The EC says it was launched without regard for risks of addiction, or safeguards against children using it. Now theyre threatening to suspend it. The post EU threatens to shut down popular ...

Gazoz is an old-school, hyper-local soda that's been ubiquitous in Turkey since it was invented more than a century ago. Every town has a signature brand, often incorporating local flavors like pine, lavender, or sweet almond. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports from southern Turkey on why this beloved drink is having a moment. The post A local soda is ...

As war continues in Gaza, Israelis and Palestinians are also fighting. A recent Israeli military raid on a Palestinian refugee camp killed at least 10 people. Israel said it was a counterterrorism operation against Hamas. The raid led to a general strike staged by Palestinians across the West Bank where, since Oct. 7, 2023, tensions and violence have ...

The intersection of billionaires and politics is the topic of a new play, Patriots, by Peter Morgan, the writer of The Crown. And like that Netflix series, its based on real characters. The post Patriots: A play about 1990s Russia debuts on Broadway appeared first on The World from PRX.