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As the US continues to execute its exit from Afghanistan while trying to secure the Kabul airport — experts are warning that the threat of terrorism is rising. Host Marco Werman speaks with Matthew Levitt, director of counterterrorism and intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

The Rolling Stones' longtime drummer Charlie Watts has died in London at the age of 80. The World's Marco Werman has an appreciation.

The 2020 Paralympic Games have begun in Tokyo, with more than 4,000 athletes competing across 22 sports. The World's Bianca Hillier speaks with Marco Werman about the sports and athletes to watch this summer.

While the US and other governments shutter their embassies in Kabul, the UN compound there is staffed and operating, albeit not business-as-usual. Host Carol Hills speaks with Linda Tom of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) about conditions in Afghanistan and how their agency is handling the growing need there.

With a high vaccination rate, seniors in Canada are returning to live events like musical performances. Emma Jacobs has this audio postcard from a concert by a Syrian musical group at a retirement home in Québec.

The Federated States of Micronesia and the US reached a consensus last month on building a US military base on the Pacific island nation. FSM's president says the agreement provides the country with security and economic aid. Ashley Westerman reports that the base also serves as another foothold in the Pacific for the US, which is increasingly concerned about the growing influence of China in the...

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the US will keep the Aug. 31 deadline for completing the pullout from Afghanistan. G-7 leaders held an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning and had requested an extension. The Taliban are insisting that the American military completes its mission at the Kabul airport by the end of August. Host Marco Werman has the latest. 

Vice President Kamala Harris is in the midst of a visit to Southeast Asia. She's paid a visit to leaders in Singapore and on Tuesday, heads to Vietnam. Part of the effort is to reassure our allies there that the US remains committed to the region. We look at how the unfolding chaos in Afghanistan is impacting that message. Host Marco Werman speaks with Yun Sun, co-director of the East Asia Program...

A columnist in The Washington Post met a firestorm of online protest when he dismissed Indian cuisine by describing it as "based entirely on one spice." Food writer, cook, and photographer Nik Sharma knows his Indian cuisine and his Indian spices. He's an Indian by birth but lives in California where has fun offering up new Indian delicacies. Sharma speaks with Marco Werman.

Deadly flash floods that hit Western Europe last month were all the more devastating for one reason in particular. And that's climate change, according to an analysis released on Tuesday by a group of scientists in Europe and the US. The World's host Marco Werman explains.

Since the approval of the first vaccines, public health officials warned that the research was just half the battle. Production, distribution and public health awareness are among the other challenges that each country has to contend with. Vaccine hesitancy is another major barrier — especially when leaders contribute to the skepticism. In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has been public about his...

The United States is stepping up the pace of airlifts out of the Kabul airport in a race against the clock. Afghans fleeing Taliban rule are starting to arrive in the US. Many are starting a new chapter in apartments, often arranged by refugee resettlement agencies. And in places like Sacramento, California, one of the larger Afghan American communities in the US. The World’s Monica Campbell meets...

Josephine Baker was a US-born singer, dancer and performer who made her home in France, becoming one of the country’s all-time greatest music hall stars. Now, she will be given one of France’s greatest honors. Her remains will be moved to the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris – joining other French icons like Victor Hugo, Marie Curie and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. President Emmanual Macron made the decision...

Lebanon's fuel crisis has brought the country to a near halt. This has regional and international actors stepping up to assist Lebanon. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Lebanese journalist, Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, about the worsening crisis.

US President Joe Biden plans to overhaul the asylum system. If the changes are enacted, they will immediately impact people seeking asylum and greatly impact people arriving at the US-Mexico border. But the administration faces other hurdles — including a recent order from a federal judge to reinstate Donald Trump's Remain in Mexico Policy. The US Supreme Court temporarily blocked that order. The...

Sea ice coverage last month in the Arctic was the lowest ever recorded in July. And the UN climate assessment released earlier this month found that the last decade was more ice-free than any other period in the past 1,000 years.  Reporter Brett Simpson visited the Norwegian Polar Institute north of the Arctic circle to see some of that ice, and learn what those changes mean to the region.

The Taliban may now possess US-made planes, helicopters, howitzers and small arms left behind by the retreating Afghan forces. Jodi Vittori, co-chair of the Global Politics and Security program at Georgetown University, tells host Carol Hills about how much of the Afghan arsenal the Taliban could use, and what they would need in order to maintain it.

New Zealand and Australia both won plaudits last year for their approach to COVID-19. Isolation and strict lockdowns were the names of the game, with the aim of getting COVID-19 infections down to zero. But the delta variant and the vaccine have Australia changing the playbook, while New Zealand is sticking to the zero-tolerance strategy.

In Malaysia, a new prime minister was sworn in on Saturday, less than a week after his predecessor resigned. Ismail Sabri Yaakob takes office just as the country is experiencing its worst spike in COVID-19 cases ever, and public anger grows over mismanagement of the pandemic. Reporter Ashley Westerman talks about the political divides that led to the resignation of the former prime minister and hi...

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Singapore on the first leg of her trip to Southeast Asia. The goal is to reassure American allies in the region of the US' commitment there — a task that just got a lot harder after the Taliban takeover and frenzied evacuations from Afghanistan.

In Russia, authorities continue to crack down on independent media. One of the tools the Kremlin uses to harass, and in some cases silence independent voices is to brand them as "foreign agents" One of the latest media organizations in Russia to be labeled as a "foreign agent" is TV Rain, Russia's most popular independent TV news network. Host Carol Hills speaks with Mikhail Fishman, an independen...

For months, advocacy groups have urged the Canadian government to evacuate Afghan staff and interpreters for the Canadian military. Canada had troops in Afghanistan for 13 years, until 2014. Now, Canada lacks the personnel in Afghanistan to help these former employees leave. Emma Jacobs reports from Montreal that many Canadians are calling on their government to do more to help these people, and o...

For the first time in recorded history, rain was monitored on the summit of Greenland — a place that rarely sees above-freezing temperatures. Seven billion tons of water fell on the ice sheet causing massive ice loss. Scientists say this is unprecedented and an unwelcome impact of climate change on the Arctic.

Vice President Kamala Harris will go to Vietnam next week with a message to its military: We’ve got your back in the South China Sea. It is a hugely important waterway — more than one-third of all global trade flows through it. And China says pretty much all of the South China Sea belongs to China. Vietnam is one of several countries with claims over the same sea. Vietnam isn’t just up against Chi...

Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk auctioned the silver medal she won last month in Tokyo to raise money for a life-saving operation for an infant boy. Carol Hills has this good news story.