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Tiny San Marino has marked a historic first by electing Paolo Rondelli as captain regent, an ancient position that serves as head of state for the Italian microstate. While other countries — Norway, Belgium, and Serbia, for example — have seen prime ministers and premiers who are LGBTQ, no state's top leader has been from the community until now. John Last reports on Rondelli's career trajectory,...

The dark web's most well-known cybercrime forum, Hydra, was shut down in Germany this week. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Andy Greenberg, a senior writer with Wired magazine and author of upcoming book, “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency,” about Hydra's previous capabilities and what might replace it on the dark web in the near future.

India is getting ready for its biggest-ever IPO. It’s not some new-age tech startup. In fact, it’s a very old institution — the Life Insurance Corporation of India, or LIC — the country’s biggest insurance provider and a household name. The Indian government currently owns it all, but not for long. Sushmita Pathak reports from Hyderabad.

Human Rights Watch says that more than 300 civilians have been executed in an isolated village in Mali controlled, which is by Islamist militants. The killings were reportedly conducted by the Malian army and contracted by Russian soldiers. Host Marco Werman speaks with Corinne Dufka, West Africa director for Human Rights Watch. 

Ukrainian American pastor Alex Zaytsev has been driving dozens of his parishioners out of Avdiivka, a city on the front line with Russian-backed separatists. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, has told civilians there to evacuate "while this possibility still exists." Zaytsev told The World's Marco Werman about rising tensions in the region. 

After a trial that has lasted since October 2021, the former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, was found guilty on Wednesday in the capital Ouagadougou, and sentenced to life in prison for his complicity in the killing of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Compaore has lived in exile since 2014 and is unlikely to serve any of that term, but as we hear from host Marco Werman, the verdict an...

The town of Guissona, in Spain’s Catalonia region (population 7,500), has seen a surge of new residents: Hundreds of people fleeing the war in Ukraine have come to the farming town known as "Little Ukraine." Reporter Gerry Haden went there.

The European Union has announced a ban on Russian coal. Squeezing Russia's energy exports is seen as the way to bring Vladimir Putin to his knees and withdraw from Ukraine. But global sales of oil and gas — not coal — are the real contributors to Russia's coffers. Marco Werman speaks with Simone Tagliapietra of the Brussels-based economics think tank Bruegel to get a reality check on the impact sa...

So goes the chorus to a new folk tune "7 Billion People" by Montreal duo Steve and Ginie Jackson. They wrote it for each other during lockdown, realizing that it was the person closest to them that made them happiest. Host Marco Werman shares the song with us as a reminder that the world is still about people.

Many economists say Russia’s  blitzkrieg  on Ukraine has sped up a “decoupling” of the global economy. First the pandemic closed borders, and now the war in Eastern Europe is exacerbating that trend. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Adam Posen, the president of Peterson Institute for International Economics about a new structure for the global economy.

Despite some recent high-profile, deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq, ISIS is much weaker than it used to be. Still, people who live between the Kurdish semi-autonomous region and the rest of Iraq are still dealing with sporadic violent attacks. Reporter Yasmine Mosimann visited the village of Lheiban at the foot of the Qarachogh mountains to see how much of a threat the Islamic State remains to vil...

When Ukraine's military entered the Donbas region in 2014 to put down a separatist uprising, a Ukrainian general described his forces as decrepit, "an army in ruins". Starting in 2016, Ukraine enlisted the US military to help overhaul its defense systems — everything from recruitment to command-and-control, to how to manage field hospitals. Marco Werman talks about the goals of that reform effort...

The war in Ukraine has prompted a huge demand for bullet proof vests, helmets and protective plates to be worn by soldiers and humanitarian workers. Manuel Rueda reports from Bogotá on factories and individuals in Colombia and the US, which have stepped up to fill the need.

When the Ukrainian film “Atlantis” came out in 2019, it was met with critical acclaim but it didn't attract many viewers. After all, how realistic is a postapocalyptic movie about winning a war with Russia? The Economist writer Benjamin Sutherland says the film is now getting a lot of notice. 

Fighting along some front lines in the Yemen war continued for a fourth day of what is hoped to be a two-month ceasefire. The deal between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's ruling Houthis was announced Friday by the United Nations following private talks in Muscat, Oman. Host Marco Werman speaks with Abdul Ghani Al-Iryani of Yemen's Sanaa Center.

A week into the Shanghai lockdown, 26 million residents are stuck at home. Host Marco Werman spoke with The World's Rebecca Kanthor in Shanghai about what lockdown means for residents of China's largest city.

Historically, only the UN Security Council could appoint criminal tribunals for war crimes and crimes against humanity. As evidence of the Russian military's war crimes mounts, experts and diplomats expect any attempt to create a tribunal would be vetoed by Russia, which is a permanent member of the Security Council. Marco Werman interviews Tom Dannenbaum, a lawyer specializing in war crimes accou...

At a meeting of the UN Security Council, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for Russia's removal as a permanent member and an investigation into possible war crimes in his country by Russia's military. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Yuval Weber from Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service  about Russia's veto power at the UN Security Council being a fundament...

Pakistani vocalist Arooj Aftab scored her first Grammy at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. She won it for her song, "Mohabbat" in the best global music performance category.

Hundreds of Russian dissidents and members of civil society who have challenged Vladimir Putin’s government have settled in nearby Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Georgia’s relaxed visa rules and low cost of living have attracted artists, activists and journalists. Levi Bridges reports on how they are now working to support their fellow Russians and protest the war from afar.

Mexico is the world’s top producer of silver. But mining is a water-intensive industry, and water scarcity in Puebla state is expected to grow worse in a changing climate. Indigenous communities there have long-protested against proposed mining projects, fearing the loss of important water sources. This month in southern Mexico, a group of Indigenous activists is organizing a caravan to communitie...

In Hungary, Viktor Orban won reelection in a landslide. The increasingly autocratic and nationalist leader has been in power since 2012 and is now set to begin another term as Hungary's prime minister. The World's Orla Barry has more.

The latest big UN climate report dropped on Monday, and the message is clear: There’s still time to hold off catastrophic climate change — but not much. Holding down global warming will require making radical cuts in emissions across all sectors of the economy. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, or IPCC, finds that emissions are still rising, and they need to fal...

Mass protests in Sri Lanka over shortages and rolling blackouts forced the country's Cabinet to resign over the weekend. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Kalani Kumarasinghe, an editor and journalist covering the unrest from Colombo, about what exactly happened.

Imran Khan has been prime minister of Pakistan since 2018. But now, amid accusations of bad economic and foreign policies, the former cricket star is likely heading out of office. Host Marco Werman spoke with journalist Amber Shamsi based in Karachi to unpack the situation.