travel

Istanbul’s massive new airport fits with Turkey’s grand neo-Ottoman ambitions, but it may be too big for its own good.

A former senior Russian intelligence official has created an American tech firm that pays people to go places and film things.

Citizens of China, India, and other emerging markets are traveling for pleasure in ever greater numbers — and the rest of the world is competing for their money.

In the wake of an American student’s death, the U.S. decides to cut off travel to North Korea.

Trump went off script and criticized his Justice Department’s “watered down, politically correct” travel ban.

DHS Secretary John Kelly downplayed reports his agency is seeking to broadly implement such measures for travelers to the United States.

Iranians, frequent U.S. visa applicants, are facing more hurdles getting approval.

No laptops, says U.S. government? No problem, says Royal Jordanian.

Though the Department of Homeland Security did not reference a specific credible threat.

Challengers argued the revised order was still a Muslim ban — citing Trump’s own words — and a federal judge agreed.

The new law would stop some pro-Israel groups from visiting the Jewish state if they have publicly called for boycotts of Israel’s settlements.

Contrary to what some headlines indicate

The last time I was in Barcelona, most tourists were Russian. Now there is a new generation of Chinese visitors.

The Malawian government is now threatening to arrest anyone who spreads rumors that President Peter Mutharika is gravely ill.

More than ever before, navigating the Hajj by smartphone is a real option.

Shakespeare may never have left England, but he became the most global writer who ever lived.

A 25-year-old American traveled to Nepal to volunteer after the earthquake. She found a friendly host on Couchsurfing.com. She was never heard from again.

Headed to Rio, Paris, or Cape Town this summer? We asked distinguished writers and thinkers to pick their favorite books about 20 of the world’s great cities.

Switzerland has a new rail tunnel. They celebrated its opening in quite the curious way.

How — and why — Russians are losing their freedom to travel abroad.