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ICRC Director General Robert Mardini tells The World's Carol Hills about humanitarian services being provided in the Ukraine war, how the Red Cross reaches prisoners of war, about the difficulties of serving civilians as power and water infrastructures are destroyed and the challenge of remaining a neutral player in a shooting war.

A former secretary who worked for the commander of a Nazi concentration camp in Germany was handed a two year suspended sentence today for her complicity in the murders of more than 10,500 people. Host Marco Werman speaks with historian Thomas Weber of the University of Aberdeen about the case against 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner, who worked as a typist in the Stutthof concentration camp.

The British newspaper, The Guardian, obtained recordings of Russian soldiers making phone calls to loved ones and others. They are filled with frank and often brutal anecdotes of their everyday suffering in a war effort that has stalled for months. The World’s host Marco Werman breaks down two of these calls.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Belarusian capital of Minsk to meet with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. This is Putin's first visit to Belarus since 2019. In Ukraine, there's been speculation that Russia is trying to further integrate Belarus into its military command, and increase Belarus' role in the war. There have also been fears of a new offensive coming from...

Kicking off the Hanukkah season, author and journalist Matthew Teller joins The World’s Marco Werman to discuss his new book “Nine Quarters of Jerusalem.” The book delivers a new perspective and historically undertold stories of the multifaceted people that lived in the Old City.

Five years after Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on musical events, the kingdom is now looking to create its own version of pop music inspired by South Korea’s K-pop. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Canada is one of the few countries in the world which is poised to allow medically assisted suicides for people with mental illness. Parliament has put the new law on hold as it studies the implementation of it. Anita Elash reports from Toronto on the controversy the law has ignited.

The UN Biodiversity Conference, or COP15, concluded with a deal to mitigate wildlife extinctions, in part by setting aside more land and sea for preservation than ever before. The World's Marco Werman talks to Claire Shine, Director and CEO of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, about what happened at the conference and what the new deal means.

Black French players were subject to racist abuse online following France's World Cup loss to Argentina. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Rim-Sarah Alouane, a French legal scholar and commentator, about the racist abuse and Mbappe's place as an international French icon.

The 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup came to a close over the weekend, with Argentina beating France in a dramatic final. The World's Bianca Hillier speaks with Marco Werman about the historic match and overall tournament.

Christmas cookies. Turkey with stuffing. Christmas pudding. There are all kinds of delicacies that people get excited about during the Christmas season. In Britain, there's a fragrant raisin-filled cake from Milan, Italy that's become all the rage. It's been a rapid and near total conquest by the panettone, even though the cake is not so easy to bake. Reporter Leo Hornak put on an apron and tried...

COVID-19 infections in China are spiking — jumping from very few cases to tens of thousands per day — and China’s government says that's OK. After years of “all-out war” on the virus, officials suddenly insist it’s actually not much worse than the flu. Chinese citizens must adjust to this sharp U-turn in messaging. But as The World’s Patrick Winn reports, Beijing has a special tool to flip the nar...

A once-elegant city in eastern Ukraine, Bakhmut, has become the main battlefield in this near year-long war. Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal has recently returned from the besieged city. Trofimov talks with The World’s Marco Werman about why so much is riding on the fight to control Bakhmut.

Marco Grancelli and María Cabral formed Aguamadera in Buenos Aires, Argentina, over a shared love for South American folklore. And it's the concept behind their latest album, "Las Historias que han Dejado," or “The Stories They Left Behind.” We hear from them both and play some of their music.

For the first time since former President Fidel Castro's revolution, Cuba has authorized women to compete in boxing. Sports officials said they're choosing athletes for a national women's boxing team. The World's Tibisay Zea spoke with Namibia Flores, who, for years, was the only female boxer in Cuba.

Iran has started executing protesters after brief trials, and doctors are now among those on death row. Health care providers can go to jail for treating protestors in hospitals. So, Iranians who get injured in protests have to be treated in secret, and access is limited. Journalist Fariba Nawa has the story of two brothers from Iran, who have started a program to treat these patients from abroad.

The violent rape and death of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh on a private bus in India 10 years ago today, sparked outrage and protests across the country. Government officials swiftly passed harsh laws to help curb violence against women. But what has changed in India in the decade since the notorious gang rape rocked the country? Natasha Narwal, an Indian feminist and activist based in...

Negotiators are meeting in Montreal, Canada, this week to come up with a plan to halt the steep decline in biodiversity. The goal is to preserve 30% of the Earth’s land and seas by 2030. But many Indigenous activists at the conference warn that Indigenous peoples could be kicked off their ancestral lands in the name of conservation, if their land rights are not secured. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum...

The FIFA World Cup is coming to an end. The final two matches are taking place this weekend. The third-place match will be played between Morocco and Croatia on Saturday. And then, the final match between Argentina and France will happen on Sunday. The World’s Carol Hills spoke with journalist Manuel Rueda about the atmosphere in Qatar as the World Cup draws to a close.

Following the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, this week Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud paid a visit to Minneapolis, the home of the nation’s largest Somali diaspora community. Emily Haavik reports on how Somali Americans feel about the challenges facing their home country.

In Berlin, Germany, 1,500 fish all died after a huge aquarium — that’s in the Guinness Book of World Records — suddenly exploded. It also damaged the hotel where it was, as well as nearby cafes and shops. One million liters of water rushed out, flooding the building and streets. The Aquadom was the biggest cylindrical tank in the world at 46 feet tall. Two people are said to have been injured.

This week, leaders from nearly 50 African countries gathered in Washington, DC, for the US-Africa Leaders Summit. The agenda included issues such as economics, trade and security. But one topic that stood out was a forum on space collaboration. From Nairobi, Kenya, The World’s Halima Gikandi brings us more.

The Dutch government is set to apologize for its role in 250 years of slavery. A court in the Netherlands cleared the way to hold an official ceremony marking the decision next week. Dutch colonies included Suriname, Mauritius and other parts of the world. But not everyone is happy about the timing of this decision and what it will actually achieve. Carol Hills speaks with Pepijn Brandon, an assoc...

Over the past few weeks on The World, we've been hearing from fans at the World Cup in Qatar. Today, we turn our ears to a business owner who opened a new coffee shop in October. It's one of the places where people who don’t have tickets to a particular game can come, sit down and watch the match.

An international team of scientists have described a new type of owl, called the Príncipe scops-owl on Príncipe Island off the western coast of central Africa. The owl had been seen by locals for the last century, but eluded scientists. Describing a new species is always exciting, but also daunting, because the owl is critically endangered. The World's host Marco Werman speaks to PhD candidate Bár...