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Many women saw no future for themselves in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over. So, when offered a chance to leave, many took it. Reporter Rebecca Rosman meets a young Afghan student. Unfortunately, her temporary status in the US is a constant shadow as she can't go home again.

Israel's pummeling of Gaza with airstrikes continues almost three weeks since the attack by Hamas militants into southern Israel on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 Israelis. As the death toll mounts in Gaza, there is concern that all Palestinians there are being lumped together with Hamas and seen as legitimate targets. Host Marco Werman speaks with Amaney Jamal, a professor at Princeton Univer...

Social media companies are failing to police false and inflammatory content. The problem has only become worse with the Israel-Hamas war. X and Meta say they are stepping up their efforts but KQED's Rachael Myrow reports that critics say it's ineffective.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to touch down in DC on Thursday in what many view as a visit paving the way for a meeting of the country’s leaders in San Francisco next month. Minister Wang Yi wants the US to ease restrictions on technology exports to China and reduce support for Taiwan, while the US is seeking Chinese cooperation in the Israel-Hamas conflict, as the Stimson Center’s Yun S...

Israel has called for the resignation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres following his calls for a ceasefire and saying that the Hamas attacks “did not happen in a vacuum.” The World's Durrie Bouscaren has more.

Most of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was destroyed when Russia laid siege to the strategic port city in 2022. An estimated 100,000 people fled. The Zhyvotovska family was lucky. They made it out safely and eventually settled in Ashland, Oregon. Reporter Roman Battaglia met them on their one-year anniversary in the US.

The war in Ukraine continues to rage as the world's attention lies elsewhere in the Middle East. Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has escalated significantly in and around the town of Avdiivka since Oct. 10. The town lies close to the city of Donetsk, which is controlled by Russia, making it strategic territory in Ukraine's Donbas region. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Dmitri Alp...

Richard Roundtree, who played the iconic character of John Shaft in the 1971 Blaxploitation classic, has died of cancer at the age of 81. The soundtrack from the film "Shaft" has inspired musicians around the world. Host Marco Werman explains.     

In Europe, students move easily between countries, crossing borders, to find the best university for their needs. Even if they are not citizens of that country, they are subject to the same standards and pay the same tuition as local students. There is no out-of-state tuition; no paying triple for being from another country. Rebecca Rosman reports on the Bologna Process that was set up years ago t...

When the UK evacuated their Embassy staff from Khartoum, they also brought British nationals and others without permanent resident status in the UK. Many were given temporary six-month visas, which expire Thursday. The World's Marco Werman talks with William Carter, the Sudan country director for the Norwegian Refugee Council, about what kind of Sudan they would be forced to return to. 

Panama has been roiling this week. Schools have been closed. University classes, canceled. All over Central America's largest open-pit copper mine. The government approved a new contract with the mine late last week. Since then, protests have rippled across Panama, and people are afraid they could  bring the country to a standstill again. Michael Fox has the story, from the province of Chiriqui.

As the fighting intensifies in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas, the West Bank is simultaneously seeing an escalation of violence. Nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed in operations by the Israeli military and in settler attacks the past few weeks. Notably, Israel also carried out an airstrike on Jenin in the northern West Bank, targetting what it said was militant activity around a mos...

C. Tangana, ex-boyfriend to Rosalía and superstar in his own right, has left his bad-boy image behind and set out to explore the world of Latin music that’s long influenced his own work. The Spaniard, who’s half-Galician, has just applied his fusion chops in the writing of a new anthem for his favorite soccer team, Celta de Vigo, and directed the music video for the club’s 100th birthday. The Worl...

Jamaica's women's national soccer team exceeded expectations at the World Cup this past summer. Players hoped that success would translate to more respect from their country's national soccer federation. But as The World's Bianca Hillier reports, so far, the team says they haven't seen any improvements.

Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday morning and wreaked havoc on the beach resort city of Acapulco. Initially thought to be simply a tropical storm, Otis transformed in a matter of hours into a Category 5 hurricane before reaching landfall. Marco Werman spreaks with Nick Shay, an oceanographer at the University of Miami, to find out what caused Otis to shift so fast...

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese plans to talk about the future of the US-Australian alliance with President Joe Biden during an official state visit on Wednesday. But the Gaza war and Washington disarray over the House speaker vacancy are overshadowing things. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports from Sydney.

UN aid operations in Gaza are in jeopardy more than two weeks after Israel banned fuel shipments into the territory. The UN agency that provides aid to civilians says it must halt operations on Wednesday night if no new fuel is delivered. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Sean Carroll, head of the relief group Anera, about how aid can be delivered in Gaza without it falling into the hands of the...

Many women in Iceland, including the prime minister, went on strike on Tuesday to protest the gender pay gap and gender-based violence. Despite Iceland continually ranking at the top of the world when it comes to gender equality, there are gaps. The World's Marco Werman talks with Tatjana Latinović, the president of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association, about the strike, its goals, and Iceland...

What is often referred to as "lab-grown meat" has been slow to catch on. Some of it is in the name, which turns many off. But in the tiny city-state of Singapore, which has little capacity for farming, they are embracing the technology. But instead of growing beef from stem cells, they are working on growing seafood. The World's Patrick Winn reports that Singaporean companies are devising ways to...

Massachusetts is seeing the arrival of more migrants, and many of them have no place to live. Because it's a "right to shelter" state, officials are provided temporary housing, often in hotels. But the living situations aren't ideal for students. New England Public Media's Jill Kaufman reports that school districts, such as West Springfield, have geared up to help the new arrivals.

Gunmen ambushed at least a dozen police officers and a local security supervisor on Monday in a coastal town near Acapulco, once a jewel of Mexico's tourism industry. Criminal gangs in the state of Guerrero are increasingly taking on Mexican authorities as they fight turf battles over the region's heroin trade. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Falko Ernst, a senior researcher for Mexico at the...

Hezbollah emerged during Lebanon's civil war with the intention of ending Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon. With the backing of Iran, it has become the strongest military force in Lebanon, and one of the strongest militias in the region. But the group also has a political wing and charitable activities. Four decades after its founding, some say that it is a state within a state. Rebecca Col...

Music events, book festivals and writers’ talks in Europe have been rescheduled or canceled as a result of the Israel-Hamas war. The MTV Europe Music Awards scheduled for November in Paris have been postponed until next year and the Frankfurt Book Fair was mired in controversy last week after a ceremony honoring a Palestinian author was canceled. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry has mor...

Israeli hostages released on Monday reported being transported through Gaza's underground tunnels. Experts say many of Israel's hostages could be located somewhere along Gaza's vast tunnel network. Hamas has a long history of using tunnels to move in and out of the Gaza Strip. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Harel Chorev about the purpose for the tunnels as well as what happens in the event of...

In New York, the United Nations Security Council convened to discuss the crisis in the Middle East. The Palestinian minister of foreign affairs, Riyad al-Maliki urged the council to, "stop the bloodshed." Israel's foreign minister, Eli Cohen, said the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 should be seen as "a wake-up call" for the whole world. The World's Marco Werman has the latest on what happened at the UN.