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The Taliban in Afghanistan have announced new rules requiring women to cover their faces when in public. The decree also says that women should only leave home when necessary. This is the latest in a series of restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban came to power last summer. The World’s Shirin Jaafari spoke with Afghan women to get their reaction.

Thousands of Iraq’s Yazidis have fled the Sinjar district again after massive clashes this week between the Iraqi army and a militia tied to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The displacement is a setback for efforts of the ethno-religious minority to return to their historic heartland after they fled the area during ISIS' violent occupation. Sinjar is caught in a geopolitical tug of war betwe...

Lebanon has struggled over the past few years with one crisis after another. But this weekend, it has a chance to change course when parliamentary elections are held on Sunday. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Mosbah Saket, a Lebanese parliamentary candidate from the northern city of Tripoli, about his candidacy and why he still has hope for Lebanon. 

Google Translate, the automatic translation app, is adding 24 new languages — including its first Indigenous languages from the Americas. Host Carol Hills explains the tech behind the advance, and the potential impact of providing instant translation for people texting in these previously unsupported languages.

As much as we’d like to be done, COVID-19 and the possibility of new variants are still a threat. The US alone has officially surpassed 1 million reported deaths. Cases are also up in more than 70 countries. On Thursday, the White House co-led a high-profile gathering of global leaders, to try to reenergize the pandemic response amid a growing fatigue. The World’s Elana Gordon reports on the uphil...

On Thursday, Finland's president and prime minister announced their support for joining NATO. It's a reversal of a decadeslong stance of neutrality for the Nordic country in relation to Europe's NATO-Russia divide. Moscow was not happy about this announcement and Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would take “retaliatory steps” in response. Host Carol Hills spoke with Anna Wieslander, director for...

A new aerial survey shows a mass coral bleaching event on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The World’s host Marco Werman explains how rising water temperatures are robbing Australia's coral of its color, and threatening its future.

The world’s most-watched live music event is, of course, Eurovision. The international song contest goes back to the 1950s, and organizers have always tried to keep politics out of it. But this year, with the war in Ukraine raging, the emerging consensus is that Ukraine is going to be this year’s big winner, because of, well, politics. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

Dengue cases are on the rise across Brazil, and hitting places that aren't used to seeing the disease. Michael Fox reports on why infections unexpectedly fell and have risen again during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what public health experts are doing to catch up now.

Cuba is trying to get its tourism sector back to pre-pandemic levels. Numbers were up in 2021, with Russians accounting for 40% of all visitors to the island nation. But the war in Ukraine has upended that reliable source of tourists. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Elias Amor Bravo, a Cuban economist living in Spain.

As the US Supreme Court weighs in on Roe v. Wade, we continue our roundup of abortion rights in countries across the globe. In India, abortion has been legal, within certain confines, for more than 50 years. To unpack what those rights entail, Chhavi Sachdev talked to Suchitra Dalvie from the Asia Safe Abortion Partnership.

Navigating the US immigration system is complicated and it's typically expensive. Many can't afford a lawyer. Stephanie Daniel reports that students at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder are learning the law by providing free legal services to immigrants in the community. Many of them come from immigrant families themselves.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testified on Capitol Hill yesterday, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine could become “more unpredictable and potentially escalatory.” Former CIA Director Leon Panetta speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman.

In its attempts to phase out Russian gas, Germany plans to build six liquified natural gas terminals to accept compressed and shipped natural gas from non-Russian producers, including the US. The climate and economy minister ceremonially started construction for the first floating terminal last week. Now, environmental activists and communities where the terminals are proposed are protesting. They...

Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Abu Akleh was covering an Israeli army raid in the Jenin refugee camp when she died. Palestinians are blaming the Israeli military for the journalist's death. Meanwhile, Israel is neither confirming nor denying responsibility. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Palestinian American journalist Dalia H...

A love of food brought together a rural Vermonter and a cook from the Isaan region of Thailand. Mikaela Lefrak brings us the story of a restaurant in small-town Vermont that is receiving a lot of attention for its excellent regional Thai cuisine. 

As COVID-19 restrictions relax across the globe, the demand for traveling is back to prepandemic levels. However, the leisure industry is facing many challenges, so American travelers might not want to go too far. 

A common complaint you’ll hear in " expert breakdown " videos on YouTube is that Hollywood compromises historical accuracy and authenticity for theatrics and box office dollars. But a new film with an ensemble cast, “The Northman ,” goes to some extreme lengths to bring the Viking world to modern audiences. Its American director Robert Eggers is known for his attention to detail. But if you ask so...

On Tuesday, the death toll in Sri Lanka rose to eight amid clashes between anti-government and pro-government protesters. The wave of violence follows the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The resignation is part of the fallout from the country's current debt crisis. But some experts fear it’s just the first major crisis of its kind. And it’s connected to the war in Ukraine. The Wor...

People around the world speak thousands of languages. They're not just how humans communicate, but they're key parts of different cultures, too. Planet Word, an interactive museum in DC, allows visitors to explore this intersection and learn how words shape our lives. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

US military aid to Ukraine has overwhelming support in Congress. But as American-made, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons go into battle, they deplete US stockpiles. Host Marco Werman speaks with Lauren Woods, director of the Security Assistance Monitor at the Center for International Policy, about the cost of weapons being sent to Ukraine, and how the deliveries affect US preparedness for other...

A year has passed since protests broke out against tax hikes in Colombia, and resulted in the deaths of dozens of people. The parents of young activists murdered during the protests, say police are to blame for many of those deaths. And as Manuel Rueda reports from Cali, they’re taking to the streets again to seek justice.

After a brief respite for some, Shanghai residents are facing tighter lockdown restrictions. That includes halts on food deliveries, and unexpected quarantines for people testing negative for COVID-19. More and more residents are speaking out. The World's Rebecca Kanthor talks with host Marco Werman about the latest challenges in Shanghai.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s victory in the Philippine presidential elections on Monday will help him rewrite his father's legacy. Marcos Sr. was president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, when he ran out of power. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Daniel Davis, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, about the legacy of the Marcos regime and how his son has already rewritten his fath...

Early in the war in Ukraine, Russian forces launched a brutal assault on Kharkiv, rocketing residential areas. Now, reports describe Russian troops retreating from the region around Kharkiv, blowing up bridges as they pull back. But elsewhere on the long eastern front line, Russian troops seem to be advancing. Reporter Volodymyr Solohub talks with The World’s Marco Werman from Dnipro, Ukraine.