The Saudi-Iran rivalry has been a fundamental fault line in the Middle East for decades and complicates most every major issue in the region, from the Syrian civil war to global oil markets.
Founded in 1991 as a temporary shelter for Somalis, the Dadaab complex in Kenya now houses nearly half a million refugees. Ben Rawlence profiles nine of its residents in his new book, City of Thorns.
What will be the big stories of 2016? Four experts offer their best guesses. They worry about Zika virus and malaria. But not all their predictions are downers.
The high cost of housing is encouraging Londoners to build down instead of up. They're digging out basements to create underground mansions — often to neighbors' dismay.
An audacious attack over the weekend by militants on an Indian air base near the border with Kashmir comes as India's prime minister launched a peace initiative.
Saudi Arabia carried out 47 executions. David Greene talks to Angus McDowell of Reuters about the individuals who were put to death, the timing of the executions and reaction from the region.
Renee Montagne talks to newly crowned Miss Iraq Shaima Qassem. It's the first time such a contest has been held in Iraq in four decades. She looking forward to competing in the Miss World pageant.
Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Slahi wrote the book, Guantanamo Diary, describing what he'd been through. He's in such a legal limbo that he hasn't been able to receive his own copy of the book.