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Costa Rica is the only country in the Western Hemisphere where Catholicism is a state religion. But the evangelical community there is growing quickly. And some politicians, including President Rodrigo Chaves, who is Catholic himself, are going out of their way to court evangelical voters by emphasizing certain issues like abortion and gender. Michael Fox reports from the small town of Puerto Viej...

The US has decided that the power grab by the military in Niger is indeed a military coup d'etat. It's a definition with outsize implications for Niger. The US will now suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to Niger, including counterterrorism assistance. This comes at a time when various armed Islamic fundamentalist groups with ideological ties to ISIS roam un-policed stretches of...

A big question on a lot of people's minds as the war between Hamas and Israel goes on is whether or not Israel and Saudi Arabia will continue to talk about normalizing their relationship. Saudi Arabia and Israel had taken significant steps towards recognizing each other in recent weeks. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent for the Economist, about whether...

This Saturday, voters will decide whether to recognize indigenous Australians in the nation’s constitution. And, whether to create a permanent advisory body for them. The referendum has become a political flashpoint, with conservative lawmakers arguing that a "yes" vote would give Indigenous people unfair rights. But some Indigenous people are also against the amendment. The World's Sarah Birnbaum...

Wednesday morning, another strong earthquake shook the same region of Herat, Afghanistan, that suffered a massive quake on Saturday. Today's earthquake also was 6.3 magnitude. Host Marco Werman explains more.

Rabbi Susan Silverman in Jerusalem says Israelis are grappling with a grim new reality and it is hard to offer solace. “Sometimes we’re just raw, we’re just broken," she tells The World’s Marco Werman, as they discuss the ethical dimensions of the escalating conflict.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas is a name that has been inescapable in the past several days. Hamas is actually a relatively new organization in the story of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The World’s Matthew Bell reports on the group's role in Gaza, and what the attacks this week reveal about its goals.

As Israel wages war against Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist opposition leader Benny Gantz formed a war cabinet after joining forces in an emergency unity government. Israeli troops are massing at the border with Gaza while Israeli air strikes continue to pummel the 140-square mile strip. Meanwhile, grisly details are emerging about the killing of Israeli citizens in their hom...

Chook Symphony No. 1 is said to be the world's first arrangmeent composed purely for chickens. The piece of music is the result of a partnership between the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and an organic farm in Hawke’s Bay on the country's North Island. It's meant to highlight ethical farming and animal welfare by bringing joy to the feathered flock. Host Marco Werman has the details.

Clusters of hundreds of Chinese squid fishing boats roam distant waters with support from the Chinese government, sometimes fishing illegally, and by all accounts contributing to a decline in the worldwide stock of squid. Life aboard these boats for workers is harrowing. The World's Marco Werman talks with Ian Urbina, a reporter for Outlaw Ocean, who discusses the boats and what he found after yea...

A new wave of Indigenous chefs is winning awards and raising awareness of foodways in the Americas that go back centuries. Reporter Emma VandenEinde spends time with a Denver chef who says she's tapping into her ancestry to create delicious foods with pre-colonial ingredients.

The brazen attack on Israel by Hamas on early Saturday took place by air, land and sea. Israel's famous Iron Dome wasn't able to repel all the missiles. Militants from Gaza broke through the border into Israel and killed hundreds and took Israelis hostage. What happened? Why did Israel's massive intelligence capabilities fail? Marco Werman explores that with Colin Clarke, director of research at t...

Longtime Gaza resident and journalist Hind Khoudary is in Gaza City. She describes to The World’s Marco Werman a city of flattened neighborhoods, where doctors are treating patients on the floor.  

The impact of the war between Hamas and Israel is already reverberating around the globe. In Eastern Europe, some are asking whether the conflict will affect the war in Ukraine. Moscow’s and Kyiv’s responses to the fighting in the Middle East have been starkly different as The World’s Daniel Ofman has been finding out.

Residents of the western city of Herat in Afghanistan are grappling with the aftermath of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake. The quake, along with several aftershocks, have left at least 2,000 people dead, according to Taliban officials. This makes it one of the country's worst natural disasters in decades. The World's Shirin Jaafari has been talking to those affected.

President Joe Biden offered staunch support for Israel in a major speech on Tuesday, while leaders across Europe were quick to denounce Hamas' weekend attack on Israel. But across Europe, leaders are far from united on their views toward Israel. As The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports, divisions also played out on city streets across the continent, where competing rallies were a com...

People in southern Israel are in crisis mode, still taking stock after the invasion by Hamas, and steeling themselves for violent days ahead. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Fuad AbuGosh, who is reporting from the city of Ashkelon near the Gaza border.

An encounter between a Western cellist and Wulu Bunun singers in Taiwan led an album of singular beauty. Host Shirin Jaafari explains how it came about. 

The Israeli military says it's already carried out one of the largest airstrikes ever in retaliation to the unprecedented attacks by Hamas militants on Israeli soil. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the counterattack has only just started. Since the surprise Hamas attack on Saturday, more than 700 people have been killed in Israel with some 600 people killed in Gaza in the counterst...

Crimean Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group, predominantly Muslim, and they have called Crimea their homeland for centuries. Large numbers of Tatars were forcibly relocated to Central Asia by the Soviet Union after World War II. And many returned to Crimea decades later. Now, Tatars who fled after Russia's 2014 invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea, say they will one day return. The World's Danie...

TikTok has come a long way from being a lip-syncing app for Generation Z. Now, one of the innovative ways people are using the app is to help teach and spread the word on Indigenous languages across the globe. The World’s Bianca Hillier has the story.

The late Robbie Robertson was the primary songwriter in The Band. He penned one of their biggest hits, “The Weight.” Back in 2019, he told host Marco Werman how growing up on the Six Nations Reserve in Canada helped shape him as a songwriter. 

On Oct. 14, Australians will vote on a referendum that would officially recognize its Indigenous populations for the first time and enshrine a permanent Indigenous body in the constitution — a so-called "Voice to Parliament." In the first of a three-part series, The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports from Sydney on the country's historic persecution of Indigenous people, and why the referendum has bec...

When Ren Louie was growing up in Victoria, British Columbia, he didn't get to read many children's books about Indigenous people. This lack of representation led to him feeling disengaged with reading. Now in his early 20s, Louie has taken it upon himself to change that. His debut children's book is called "Drum From the Heart." The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

A collective of female skateboarders in Bolivia has caught the attention of the news media all over the world. That’s partly because of the clothes they wear. But as The World's Tibisay Zea reports, it’s not just a matter of skateboarding fashion. These Indigenous women are trying to change stereotypes rooted in Bolivian society.