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On Sunday night, Bosnian voters went to the polls in an election marked by ethnic tensions. The vote saw a strong contest between ethnic nationalists and progressive parties across the country. But the process was ultimately overshadowed by changes to the country’s constitution forced through by Bosnia's unelected high representative. John Last reports.

A group of students were trapped inside the prestigious Sharif University. The security guards locked them inside and chased some of them to the university parking lot. Social media footage showed some were taken away to undisclosed locations. Universities in Iran have always been hotbeds of protests. Similar events took place in 1999 and 2009, leading to many arrests and deaths among the students...

In Spain, mussels are everywhere: steamed with onions, smothered in tomato sauce, or adorning other dishes. But the sea has grown too hot for these tasty shellfish. This year, 800 growers in northeast Spain have already lost 150 tons of mussels, but that’s not the worst news. Seven total weeks of heat waves—- a record — have nearly wiped out all the baby mussels for next year’s harvest. Reporter G...

Police fired tear gas to control crowds at a professional soccer match played in Malang, Indonesia, after fans rushed the field. It set off a stampede among the panicked crowds that resulted in at least 125 deaths. The World's Patrick Winn discusses Indonesia's troubled soccer history.

In Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got the highest number of votes, as expected. But the final result showed incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro just a handful of points behind the former president. And it’s going to mean weeks of intense campaigning as Bolsonaro has now become a real contender for the second round election at the end of the mont...

Former US Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine John Tefft talks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler about Vladimir Putin’s unpredictability and what it means that officials in the West don’t really know what he’s  thinking.

The World's Carol Hills and reporter Michael Fox explore institutional religion in Brazil, how President Jair Bolsonaro tapped into religion in his rise to the presidency, and the ripple effects of his alliance with evangelicals throughout the country. This special edition of The World is part of our reporting series called, Sacred Nation, focused on the intersection of religion and nationalism ar...

It can be great to get everything delivered in a matter of minutes, or is it? In Paris, the proliferation of “dark stores,” the centers that fill the orders and send them out for delivery, is causing complaints about traffic congestion and noise, and changing the nature of shopping. Rebecca Rosman reports that Paris officials are moving to shut them down.

Brazil's electoral system is a model for the rest of the world — with centralized systems and mandatory voting — but it’s under a lot of pressure. The World's Carol Hills speaks to Scott Mainwaring, a political scientist at University of Notre Dame, about what makes Brazil different. 

All eyes are on Brazil this weekend. The presidential vote is between Trump-ally, far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and former left president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula is well ahead in the polls. But Brazilians will also elect 500 members of Congress, more than a thousand state lawmakers, two dozen senators and 27 state governors. More Indigenous people, women and Black candidates are runni...

Tensions over military equipment sent to Greek islands off the coast of Turkey have inflamed tensions between two NATO allies. The dispute stems from a 100-year old treaty signed during the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, which gave the islands to Greece on the condition that they remain unarmed. Durrie Bouscaren dives in.

A recent census report shows that Catholicism has emerged as the top identified religion in Northern Ireland, a Protestant-formed and Britain-aligned country, for the first time in its 101-year history. With this new declaration, some worry about the possibility of a referendum that would determine if Northern Ireland would stay aligned with Britain or join the Republic of Ireland as one Ireland....

Yemen's eight year civil war has been on pause since April. The truce expires this weekend. But as Yemeni journalist and researcher Afrah Nasser tells host Carol Hills, the UN-brokered truce has helped many people in Yemen return to normal life, and they want the ceasefire extended.

The Biden administration recently announced it won’t remove tariffs on Chinese goods put in place by former President Trump. Many US industries that export goods to China are still feeling the effects of the trade war years later. The US has tried to boost exports to China in some affected industries, like Maine’s lobster fishery. But as Levi Bridges reports from Portland, Maine, those efforts hav...

Residents from Colombia and Venezuela turned out massively this week to welcome the reopening of the border to vehicles. Two commercial trucks, covered with the flags of the two countries, crossed the border point, marking the end of seven years of closure. The World’s Tibisay Zea tells us more about the significance of this.

In Bosnia, voters are heading to the polls Sunday to elect a new government. But ethnic tensions in the region are rising between Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks, who share power in an unusual arrangement with three presidents. Many experts are now worried that Russia may use its influence to destabilize the region. And disrupt a delicate piece that has held since the end of the country's bloody civil...

In Moscow, inside the halls of the Kremlin, Russian officials, led by President Vladimir Putin celebrated the annexation of four Ukrainian regions. The move is being justified based on referendum votes staged this month by Russia. Across the globe, nations are not recognizing the land grab and they're condemning it as a violation of Ukraine's sovereign rights. The World's Daniel Ofman reports.

The remains of scores of Indigenous Maori and Moriori people began a journey home to New Zealand on Tuesday. Host Marco Werman tells the story of their return from Austria, part of a growing movement among the world's museums to repatriate human remains looted during the colonial period and kept in storage or on display for over a century.

October is when Kolkata celebrates its biggest festival — the five-day Durga Puja. But this year, the incredible displays and performances began early, framed as an arts festival for international tourists before the official religious events. In Kolkata, Sandip Roy talked to curators and participants about how a giant religious celebration becomes a massive art installation. 

The Mexican government wants delivery and ride-hailing app companies to make gig workers into formal employees. It's introducing a proposal to the Mexican Congress that could potentially affect an estimated 350,000 to 500,000 workers. But not all gig workers are for it. Marco Werman speaks to Joyce Sadka, an expert on Mexican labor law at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico.

On Tuesday, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was named prime minister. Practically speaking, it makes little difference. But The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports the move will probably shield him from a lawsuit in US court, in connection to his alleged role in the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen from Maryland has been leading an effort for accountability on the death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh, who was shot by Israeli security forces while reporting in the West Bank. The World's Marco Werman interviews Sen. Van Hollen about his push for answers.

A phone app called Gershad is in huge demand in Iran right now. Launched in 2016, it’s a mapping app allowing people in Iran, primarily women, to mark the location of the country’s morality police, so other people can avoid them. Now, the app has been updated to include the location of riot police. Tens of thousands of people have downloaded the app. The World's Marco Werman is joined by one of th...

Hurricanes are expected to intensify more rapidly in a warming climate, and there's a lot of evidence that this is already happening. Hurricane Ian, for example, intensified from 80-mile-per-hour winds to 125-miles-per-hour in less than 24 hours. This poses problems for forecasters and emergency managers, because it gives less time for them to get the message out about evacuations. And it's caused...

US Vice President Kamala Harris is touring the Korean DMZ. The World’s Patrick Winn reports.