Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Istanbul's rich heritage spans the centuries ...

The Sunni world may appear to be a solid bloc, but deep historical, ethnic and political faultlines continue to divide Arabs, Turks and other Muslim communities ...

Pope Leo will encounter Islam and engage in interfaith outreach in both countries. His engagement with Christians will be ...

Explore the 10 most iconic and beautiful destinations across Turkey — from Istanbul’s mosques and Cappadocia’s balloons to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people and compounded Lebanon’s economic and political crisis during his first foreign trip as pope ...

Hagia Sophia was originally a Christian cathedral in what was then Constantinople. It was built in the 6 th century AD by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great and the main building was designed ...

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Soar over the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, in this awe-inspiring aerial journey. This stunning drone footage captures the iconic blend of Byzantine and Ottoman architecture, ...

Soar over the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, in this awe-inspiring aerial journey. This stunning drone footage captures the iconic blend of Byzantine and Ottoman architecture, ...

Turkey is set to begin restoration and reinforcement work on the dome of the Hagia Sophia, in one of the biggest repair projects carried out on the 1,486-year-old structure, experts said on Monday.

The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change -- through the centuries the city's architectural jewel has gone from church to mosque to museum, back to mosque again. But the latest renovation ...

ISTANBUL — Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of ...