I'm offering the Turkish perspective on three hot-button issues that are in the news lately. (See my last posting for their take on the "Armenian H...

[caption id="attachment_11709" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Politicians writing a book before running for the highest office in the land is not...

In Iran, every city has a martyrs' cemetery. Enlarge photo The tombs of the unknown soldiers give mothers whose sons were never found a ...

In World War II, Winston Churchill decided that Britain needed an elite military corps. He created the British Commandos, famous for wearing green ...

Former Staff Sergeant John Ashford sent us a letter that we found inspirational. I've heard from many people about how our travel shows bring a lit...

  It’s a hopeful time for Ethiopia. The country’s young new leader, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, is a peacemaker — and he seems to be moving this multiethnic...

When I travel I collect ideas like butterflies as they flutter by. I jot them down, never knowing if they will find a place in something yet to be ...

Maybe I’ll spend my old age just gazing out windows from evocative perches in my favorite European villages. While researching the Rhine River Vall...

This month we Americans — all 300 million of us — remember the tragic loss of 2,973 lives, when terrorists attacked our nation. In the more than 3,...