The question of whether to demolish the home of the city-state’s former leader raises questions in a country that paves over the past.  In a country built on hyper-modernism and wealth, is anything worth saving that doesn't serve the vision of these ideals?  

The EU Commission chief chooses French because English "is losing importance in Europe".

Dozens of people are killed in the worst violence for two decades between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Opposition activists in Syria released a video showing a child in the back of an ambulance. The haunting image — of a quiet boy, covered in blood and dust — has captured global attention.

The past several years have seen a flood of horrific photos from the war in Syria: starving children, wounded civilians, mourning crowds, devastated cities, the many dead.  But this tiny moment in Aleppo has resonated in a new way.

"Turkey faces a drop of at least 40% in tourist arrivals this year, with political and security issues to blame."

It is a picture repeated across Antalya and throughout the country: Turkish tourism is in crisis. A country that welcomed 37 million visitors in 2014 - then the sixth most popular tourist destination in the world - is expected to see a drop of at least 40% this year.

The main decline is the Russian market, the four-and-a-half million Russian tourists who were coming have fallen in number by around 95%. The trigger was Turkey shooting down a Russian military jet which violated Turkish airspace last November, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.  The Kremlin seethed, barring Russian tour companies from selling package deals to Turkey. President Vladimir Putin told Russians to holiday elsewhere.

"Chinese state media have broken their silence on the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, with a commentary in the People's Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party.
The anniversary of the movement, which began May 16, 1966 and consumed the country in 10 years of chaos and bloodshed, has otherwise been largely ignored by official voices in the country.

The commentary, published late Monday, said the Cultural Revolution, when Chairman Mao Zedong's Red Guards rampaged across the country, was 'mistakenly launched' and caused 'comprehensive and serious' damage. 'History has fully proved that the Cultural Revolution was completely wrong in theory and in practice. It was not and will not be any revolution or social progress in any sense,' it said."

While Americans have excelled at adopting and reinterpreting food from other places, what have other places done with American cuisine?

Boko Haram is singling out geography teachers in its campaign of terror against Western education in Nigeria, it has been revealed. - New Zealand Herald

At least 69 people, some celebrating Easter, are killed by a blast in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials say, as a Taliban faction claims the attack.

These days most people don't wear rose-colored glasses, they opt for an Instagram filter instead. Which is why traveling has become so disappointing—where are those idyllic beaches that you saw online? It was better when we could only read about those exotic places and imagine them; now, ruined by Instagram, your expectations will never match up to reality.

Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t need a British passport to travel abroad. Here’s the explanation, from the official website of the British monarchy: As a British passport is issued in the name of Her Majesty, it is unnecessary for The Queen to possess one.

The US retailer is the latest firm to anger China by not adhering to its territorial claims.

Beijing demands New Delhi must 'immediately withdraw troops' from disputed border amid Donglang stand-off.

Most Americans could not identify the country in a survey, and those people tended to view military action more favorably.

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Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria on Monday and drew a rebuke from NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State.

Deadly downpours cause widespread flooding along the Cape Coast as the West African wet season intensifies.

"One of my readers asked me to create a map showing the 'density' of metal bands in European countries—and so I did. The following map shows the number of entries (which represent both active and inactive metal bands) in Encyclopaedia Metallum, divided by the country’s population in millions.

For comparison: The number for the United States is 72.

In the new episode of "The Wonder List," CNN's Bill Weir plunges into a pristine lake on the edge of two continents. Tune in Sunday night at 10.

The country of El Salvador has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Street gangs control huge swaths of cities, and last year, they flexed their muscle in a startling way.

The ancient Ma’dan culture is disappearing as the Fertile Crescent dries up, but it’s the women who are bearing the brunt of this change.

When U.S. politicians talk about Scandinavian-style social welfare, they fail to explain the most important aspect of such policies: selfishness.

A Stanford researcher went to the north of Norway to study people's reaction to winter. She was surprised by what she found.