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Israel’s security cabinet has approved a new military offensive designed to “capture” Gaza and hold it indefinitely. The plan entails relocating many of Gaza’s 2 million residents to the south and shuttering hundreds of community kitchens. The kitchens will be replaced with centers guarded by Israeli soldiers. UN officials and aid groups have denounced the plan. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler dis...

This week, clashes broke out in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus. The Druze minority group, unknown gunmen and security forces exchanged fire, leaving dozens dead and injured. Israel says it carried out a strike in support of the Druze population. The World’s Shirin Jaafari visits the town of Ashrafiyat Sahnaya just outside of Damascus and brings us the latest.

More than two years after the worst train disaster in Greek history, the country's leaders are planning to install a new system aimed at preventing similar tragedies. The upgrade is a longtime coming and is expected to increase safety across the country's railways, but will it be enough to quell the frustration among victims' families and advocates who have consistently protested since the deadly...

Film director Rungano Nyoni moved to Wales with her family at age 9, but her films are set in her home country of Zambia. Her latest, "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" is set in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, and is about how a family reacts to the death of a relative who turns out to not be a very good guy after all. The World's Carol Hills speaks to the director about the secrets families keep and wha...

Romania heads back to the polls this weekend just six months after a disputed presidential election was thrown out over alleged Russian interference and covert social media manipulation. The country's Constitutional Court annulled November’s results amid claims that TikTok influencers were paid to boost a far-right candidate. But instead of halting their rise, the decision may have only strengthen...

Using coded language and emojis, cartels are dodging social media censorship to reach out to potential recruits. Their ads are vague, lean into machismo, and flashy vehicles. David Mora, a senior analyst for Mexico at Crisis Group, speaks with host Carolyn Beeler about how these ads look and feel, and what jobs are really behind them.

India is reeling from the shock of the terror attack in Kashmir last week. Gunmen opened fire on tourists, killing 26 men, mostly Hindus. Tourists have been targeted many times in Kashmir’s long, bloody history, but this is the deadliest attack in two decades. And it comes amid a strong push by the Indian government to promote tourism in the region. The rising tourist numbers helped Kashmir’s econ...

"Maybe Happy Ending" is an eccentric, endearing story, set in 2064, about two retired robots who fall in love. One of its authors, Hue Park, is Korean and the musical is set in both Seoul and an island off the Korean peninsula. And three out of the four actors in the show are Asian.  It's had an interesting journey. The show was originally a hit IN South Korea, playing in Seoul in 2016, with five...

President Donald Trump has eliminated a tax loophole used by China's government to export cheap products to the US. It's called the "de minimus provision," and enabled small parcels valued at less than $800 to escape taxes. The loophole was often used by Chinese e-commerce giants Temu and Shein. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy S...

Journalist Maria Ressa, the co-founder of the Filipino investigative news site Rappler, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the author of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," speaks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler. They discuss how the slide toward authoritarianism Ressa experienced firsthand in the Philippines is eerily similar to what she’s seeing today in the US. 

Fifty years have passed since Vietnam’s people reunified after a long and bloody struggle. Most scars from that time have healed, but not all. The chemical Agent Orange — dropped from US planes to eradicate jungles — has proven notoriously hard to remove from Vietnam’s soil, even though the US has spent decades trying to do just that. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, there’s another wartime ch...

The South Korean Indie rock group HOA may sound like a Beatles knock-off band, but since 2015, they've generated their own unique sound in a country where K-pop rules. Fans have taken notice. We'll hear two of the groups most recent tunes.

An team of scientists has conducted research into the specific ways birch trees in the Costa Bocche forest in the Dolomites mountain range use bioelectrical signals to prepare for solar eclipses. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Alessandro Chiolerio, lead author the study, about how this research was conducted and what it tells us about tree communication.

Tarot cards have been around for 600 years and seem to find new adherents with each generation. One reason is that artists, mystics and writers have given them their own particular stamp over the centuries. Carolyn Beeler speaks with independent scholar, writer, teacher and tarot card expert Mary K. Greer about the origins of tarot cards and why they continue to fascinate.

Rabbi Moshe Azman is one of the chief rabbis of Ukraine. In the early days of the full-scale invasion, like President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Azman stayed in Kyiv. This decision has had a major impact on the Jewish community in Ukraine — it was seen as a courageous act of resilience. Since then, Azman has become an even more popular figure in Ukraine, because of his multifaith outreach efforts and hi...

Wolfgang Porsche, heir to the Porsche fortune, wants to build a private tunnel to connect his palatial villa to Salzburg's city center. As The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports, his plans have reignited a debate on special treatment for the rich.

"Streetfight" is the Spanish version of the international hardcore music scene. It has many names, from Hakken to Gabber to Newstyle, but the music is essentially the same: loud, harsh and insanely up tempo, at least to the uninitiated. The World's Gerry Hadden attended a Streetfight dance night in Sabadell, Spain, and has this report.

The work to choose a new pope begins next week with the secretive Papal Conclave. One of Pope Francis' lingering legacies that will need to be addressed: the late pontiff's efforts to reform the Vatican's less-than-transparent finances. The World's Carolyn Beeler heard from Massimo Faggioli who teaches theology and religious studies at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam War. Most Americans remember is as one of the longest and most-unpopular conflicts in US history. But in Vietnam, the anniversary is being celebrated as the end of a much-longer struggle for liberation, one that predates US involvement by several decades. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

The UK's Defense Ministry released a statement announcing that Royal Air Force jets bombed a Houthi drone manufacturing facility in Yemen. It's the UK's first strike in coordination with the US, which allegedly bombed a migrant center filled with civilians on Monday. Iona Craig is a reporter who has covered Yemen for 15 years and has investigated allegations of civilian killings on the ground in Y...

Operas are often performed in Italian, German, or French. That's why there are what’s called “surtitles” or “supertitles” projected above the stage. They translate the lyrics into the audience’s main language. That doesn't help blind and low-vision audience members, though. So now, an opera company in New Zealand has come up with an accessible solution. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports. This sto...

Ukrainian officials flew to Washington on Wednesday with high hopes. They thought they might finally sign a long-awaited deal with the US to develop Ukraine’s mineral, oil and gas resources. Ukraine and the US were originally expected to sign the agreement back in February, until a public argument erupted in the Oval Office. Gracelin Baskaran, director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at...

The Sycamore Gap tree once sat symmetrically between two hills along Hadrian’s Wall. But more than 1 1/2  years ago it was chopped down, causing disbelief for locals and admirers that considered it a sacred site. Now, two individuals in the UK are being tried for chopping the tree down. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with lawyer Sarah Dodd, a tree law expert, about the trial and how the Sycamore Gap t...

German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a leader of the Protestant resistance to the Nazi regime, was executed 80 years ago for his role on the fringes of a failed plot to assassinate Hitler. In the past decade, US Christian nationalists and others on the far-right have adopted Bonhoeffer as a patron saint, reading into his life and writings a theological reasoning for Christians to abandon pacifis...

Spain is testing out new artificial intelligence technology that will change the speed limit on a major highway based on weather conditions, the amount of traffic, time of day and road conditions. They hope the system will help alleviate gridlock and increase safety on one of the country's busiest highways. The World's transportation correspondent Jeremy Siegel reports.