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Last week, Algeria severed trade and diplomatic ties with Spain, and has now threatened to cut off coveted gas sales — which have been protected under a two-decade-old friendship treaty. It comes after Spain upended a long-standing agreement regarding its former colony, Western Sahara, and backed Morocco's claim that the region should have some limited autonomy, while remaining under its rule. The...

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the economy has dramatically contracted, businesses have laid off workers and half the country is facing starvation. Despite this, the Taliban have managed to keep revenue flowing. Avantika Chilkoti of the Economist says that they are extremely efficient at collecting taxes, using systems left over from the allied forces.

This week, the British government announced plans to scrap a part of the Brexit deal that covers Northern Ireland. Critics say the move is a clear breach of international law, and could provoke a trade war with the EU, Britain’s largest trading partner. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry has more.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Intern: The Netherlands' counterintelligence agency caught an alleged GRU agent — from Russia’s foreign military intelligence agency — attempting to enter the country for an internship at the International Criminal Court. Bellingcat's Aric Toler spoke with host Carol Hills about the unmasked agent.

After a year and a half of deliberations, a deal has been reached on a highly charged effort to expand who around the world has the right to circumvent intellectual property rules to manufacture, import and export lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines. The deal came out of some nail biting, late night negotiations this week in Geneva, at the World Trade Organization’s big ministerial meeting, the first to...

China's military made a significant new announcement today: It has launched a third aircraft carrier. Named "Fujian," it's expected to make a big impact toward China's military capabilities. The World's host Carol Hills spoke with Thomas Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for New American Security, about this development and what it means for China's presence in the Pacific.

Colombia, one of Washington's steadiest Latin American allies over many years, might be about to take a big political turn. On Sunday, Colombians head to the polls for the second and decisive round of voting for president. On the hard left is the former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro. And on the far right, real estate tycoon and former mayor, Rodolfo Hernandez. Both candidates are political outsi...

For many years, Ukraine has had strong aspirations to join the European Union. Now, Ukraine is one step closer to that goal. Earlier this morning, the executive arm of the EU recommended that Ukraine be granted candidate status to one day join the bloc. Host Carol Hills speaks with Jacob Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the German Marshall Fund.

In recent years, there's been a lot of attention on how disinformation and hate speech spreads on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But what about TikTok? According to a new report, the platform known for fun and silly videos is also a culprit when it comes to election disinformation in Kenya. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from Nairobi.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russia's military, and questions surrounding its power and its capabilities, has been a contentious issue. But the focus has been on Ukraine. However Russia's military is also located in some far-flung places including in Latin America. Just last week, the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega authorized Russia's military to deploy to Nicaragua...

US deportations of Haitian migrants is way up: Nearly 4,000 in May alone. Many of those being sent home haven't actually lived in Haiti for years but in third countries like Chile and Brazil. Now, a shadow industry has sprung up. The Associated Press spent a month looking at the South American travel agencies that rent planes from low-budget Latin American airlines and then offer expensive charter...

Rents in Lviv have finally leveled out after ballooning at the start of the war in Ukraine. But they're still much higher than before the war. People who fled the eastern part of the country are still in limbo, but the high prices are making it hard for them to stay in the city. Ashley Westerman reports from Lviv.

It won't happen overnight, but Europe is turning away from Russian oil and gas and looking for new supplies. Now, the EU has struck a deal with Israel and Egypt to supply natural gas. Host Carolyn Beeler talks about the natural gas "gold rush" with Amy Myers Jaffe. She’s manages the Climate Policy Lab at the Tufts Fletcher School just outside of Boston.

Chile is dealing with a 13-year megadrought, and more than half of the country's population is living in areas with severe water scarcity. Climate change is part of the problem, but researchers point to an additional threat: privatization of water rights. Could a new constitution change that? Tibisay Zea reports. 

The remains of two men missing in the western Amazon were found Wednesday night. And two fishermen have been arrested in connection to the case. Michael Fox reports on how Indigenous and environmental leaders are mourning the deaths, and asking questions about the government's role in protecting the Amazon.

Ukrainian Cpl. Andrii Shadrin has been deployed to the Donbas to fight Russia-backed separatists a half dozen times since 2014. That’s when Russia annexed Crimea, the peninsula where Shadrin was born. The 26-year-old medic is now again stationed in a Donbas operational zone. He talks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler about everyday life near the front lines.

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Thursday, to show support for Ukraine and its defense against the Russian invasion. Carolyn Beeler speaks with Andrew W.M. Smith, of the University of Chichester in the UK, about the high-profile visit and the measure of support Ukraine has among European nations.  

Ukraine is a country known for its comedians; one of them is the country’s president. And while the war abruptly ended the comedy scene in Kyiv for a few months, it's now coming back. Ashley Westerman reports on why comedians feel like it's important to keep laughing, even while the country is at war.

The government of Sri Lanka has announced that public sector employees can take Fridays off with pay in order to grow crops in their backyards. It's the latest effort by the government to curb hunger in the country where an economic crisis has caused food shortages. According to the UN, an estimated 80% of Sri Lankans have had to skip a meal. Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Easwaran Rutnam, a journal...

Many women in Tajikistan report facing domestic violence, or neglect when their partners migrate for work to Russia. But the war in Ukraine is drying up remittances to Tajikistan, leaving women in even more dire straits. Fariba Nawa tells the story from the capital, Dushanbe, of some activists who risk government repression by advocating for women's rights.

Host Carolyn Beeler updates us two stories in the news this week: RyanAir has dropped its controversial Afrikaans quiz for South African passengers and the UK has delayed its plan to fly asylum seekers to an offshoring camp in Rwanda.

The six-year detention of Gaza aid worker Mohammed el-Halabi has attracted a lot of attention. He worked for the Christian aid group World Vision and, today, he was found guilty of numerous charges in Israeli court, including funneling $50 million to Hamas. El-Halabi has maintained his innocence through the trial process. Observers say the trial was unfair, citing a lack of transparency and the us...

More than 950 million years of human life. That’s the cost of bad air in Southeast Asia, where 99.9% of the regional population breathes pollution above World Health Organization standards. These are among the alarming findings in a new University of Chicago study. The World's Patrick Winn reports.

Norway's new national art museum opened in Oslo this week. Though dogged by controversy and cost-overruns, John Last reports that the collection — combined from several different museums — presents Norway's artistic legacy in a new, more diverse light.

Inflation in the US is at a 41-year high. The Federal Reserve and the Biden administration are trying to get that in check. And that could have ripple effects across the globe. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with The World's senior editor Jason Margolis.