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NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.

The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit and wandering around the rooms — which are empty after being looted.

The country's got a severe shortage of housing. Yet in many parts of the rural United States, houses sit abandoned and in need of repair.

Many people have spent a few months in isolation this year due to the pandemic. But for one Uighur family in China, isolation is the norm. They've been prisoners in their own home for the last year.

Many of London's expensive homes are owned by obscure foreign companies. Critics say the city has become a haven for those hiding ill-gotten gains, and the government is starting to respond.

Valerie ran off while she was on a camping trip with her owners back in 2023 on a remote island in Australia. They had lost hope until locals spotted her more than a year later, surviving in the wild.

The scarcity is preventing many young people from becoming homeowners.

Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya, who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after a dispute with her coaches, has now been offered refuge in Poland.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans have moved to the U.S. mainland after Hurricane Maria. On Saturday, Hartford, Conn., welcomed some of its newcomers with a Puerto Rican Christmas tradition: a parranda.

The Thomas Fire is on its way to being the largest in the state's history. Fourteen days in, the flames continue to burn in bone-dry, windy conditions.