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Ephraim Camissar was among the first group of Israelis to land in Dubai in 2020 after the United Arab Emirates signed an accord with Israel. Today, he runs several businesses and brings Kosher food to the city for Jewish travelers. The World's Shirin Jaafari brings us his story.

A year and a half in to her government, many say Xiomara Castro has yet to live up to expectations. But as Honduras’ first female president, those expectations are higher than usual. Much of the criticism against Castro comes from machismo and gender discrimination. She's just one of two female heads of state in a Latin American country as Michael Fox reports from the Honduran capital. 

The US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, opened way back in 2002. For the first time since then, the White House has allowed a United Nations independent investigator to visit. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin is a law professor and human rights investigator. She recently spent four days visiting the prison at Guantanamo, and joins The World's Marco Werman to talk about what she saw there.

It's been 10 months since protests erupted in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She had been obtained by Tehran's morality police for wearing "unsuitable attire." The reaction throughout Iran was massive and the movement inspired Iranian exiles to respond. That includes Iranian Canadian composer Iman Habibi who composed  "Zhiân." The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform Habibi's pi...

Bristol Pride's annual march and festival will have a new invite list this year as organizers have banned all political parties from participating. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on what led to the decision and how some members of the UK community are reacting.

During Spain's Armed Forces celebration this week, an army dance troupe embarrassed the brass by dancing to Michael Jackson's “They Don't Understand Us,” a song critical of the police and security forces in general. The soldiers had no idea, but word got out on social media and the backlash among patriotic Spaniards has been intense. This is not the first time public figures have used songs in way...

Two and a half years in, many candidates for US ambassador to various countries remain open, in major part because they can't get confirmed by Congress. The World's Marco Werman talks with Ambassador Dennis Jett, who was an ambassador to Mozambique and Peru and now teaches International Affairs at Penn State, about the impact these vacant positions have on US diplomacy. 

There are still many unanswered questions swirling around following last month’s attempted mutiny in Russia. Chief among them: where is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Prigozhin led the mutiny with fighters from Wagner, his private military company. But Prigozhin’s whereabouts are still unknown, and Wagner’s status seems to be in question as well. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Daniel Ofman.

The Tour de France has begun, and for the first five days of the 21-day race across France, the leader of the pack wears the famous yellow jersey. But there are other races within the race, like the King of the Mountains competition, which requires tough days sprinting over mountaintops. Host Marco Werman learns what it's like from American professional cyclist Neilson Poweless who has been the Ki...

Across the world, hip-hop artists speak truth to power through pulsing beats and rhymes. But in the Islamic Republic of Iran, rappers can face jail time, and worse, for their music. Now, a 32-year-old named Toomaj Salehi could be sentenced to death for his songs challenging the Iranian government and supporting women's rights. As part of The World's "Planet Hip Hop" summer series, Durrie Bouscaren...

Underpinning the Industrial Revolution's years of production and growth was metal — more specifically — iron. While the industrial revolution is often attributed to strides in British metalwork, a new study says that iron work was innovated somewhere else. Specifically, Jamaica. Host Marco Werman speaks to science historian Jenny Bulstrode from the University college London about her new study.

The Taliban have given all women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan one month to close down. The ultra-conservative group, which took power by force in 2021, has consistently chipped away at women’s rights and freedoms in the country. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports on how the ban is being received.

On Thursday, the 14th Dalai Lama turns 88 years old. The Tibetan spiritual leader and prominent Buddhist figure is the longest serving in the line of Dalai Lamas in Tibetan history. As he gets older, the prospect of his demise — and what happens after — is looming. Sushmita Pathak reports from Dharamshala, India, where Tibet's government-in-exile has been based for decades.

A new report issued by Oxfam and ActionAid analyzed earnings of top corporations, revealing larger-than-usual profits over the past two years as people worldwide struggled through a cost-of-living crisis. Host Marco Werman speaks with William Lazonick, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, about the report's findings.

Asia’s longest-running leader is preparing to step down. For 38 years, Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia as a strongman. He’s now expected to resign after an election in July, likely handing power to his oldest son. But as The World’s Patrick Winn reports, Hun Sen will be a tough act to follow.

Moldova, the small nation bordering Ukraine, has seen months of anti-government protests on the streets of the capital Chisinau. The demonstrations were organized by the Shor party, a pro-Russian opposition group, led by oligarch Ilan Shor. The Moldovan constitutional court recently declared that the party should be dissolved. But Shor, who is wanted for bank fraud and money laundering, says he wi...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen landed in Beijing on Thursday for four days of talks on trade, investment and tariffs. Susan Thornton, a senior fellow at Yale Law School and former acting assistant secretary for East Asia Pacific Affairs, talks with Host Marco Werman about where the two countries might find common ground. 

The next Hollywood summer blockbuster film, “Barbie,” will not be shown in Vietnam, owing to the inclusion of a map showing a part of the South China Sea that both China and Vietnam claim as their own. Host Marco Werman tells the story.

A group of Ukrainian soldiers are in the US for treatment and to be fitted for prosthetics. They range in age from 39 to 58 and served in different positions in the Ukrainian army. The majority say that after they get fitted with prosthetics, they want to go back to serving in their units. The nonprofit helping them was founded by Ukrainian-Americans and the soldiers are being exposed to American...

A new compilation of African animated films called “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” debuts on Disney+. It's a 10-part series produced in collaboration with a South Africa-based animation studio. Ekene Okobi reports from a recent conference on African animation in Burbank, California, on what this new film suggests about the trends in animation on the continent.

There’s a sharp rise in hunger in Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia recovering from a civil war that ended late last year in a ceasefire, according to an update this week from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It's expected to get worse, in part due to a suspension of food aid from two major contributors. To learn more, host Marco Werman spoke to Cameron...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year upended energy markets throughout Europe. No country was hit harder than Germany. At the time, more than half of Germany’s gas came from Russia. In the short term, the country had to double down on fossil fuels: keeping coal-fired power plants open longer and building new liquefied natural gas terminals. But in the long term, the war pushed a gover...

The Rwandan genocide took place nearly 30 years ago. But the scars from the bloodshed live on in survivors. One artist and playwright, known as Kiki, began writing letters to the dead and encouraged others to do the same. Her play, "The Book of Life," is based on those letters and was performed this month at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC. Reporter Victoria Hansen of South Carolina Pub...

Americans are experiencing massive wait times for passport applications this summer. The reason — a huge increase in the number of travelers following the COVID-19 pandemic. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Jay Zagorsky, a professor at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, about what the State Department can do to fix the issue.

For most of the world, silent films died out in the 1930s. But in Brussels, Belgium, the only remaining cinema in the world with a regular schedule of silent films — with live piano accompaniment — is thriving. Theo Merz has this profile of the venue.