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The UN human rights chief claims to have corroborated mass violations that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, including by Eritrean troops. This comes exactly four months after fighting in the region began. Now, the UN is urging the Ethiopian government to grant UN investigators access to Tigray. Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Africa corre...

Pope Francis travels to Iraq on Friday for a three-day tour of the country. His trip is seen as a significant and symbolic moment in Iraq, which has grappled with insecurity and religious and political divisions. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

Myanmar security forces’ deadly crackdowns on demonstrators protesting a military coup are raising alarm in the West. How the US responds to calls for action on Myanmar is a test of President Biden's foreign policy team. Host Carol Hills speaks with Dan Slater, professor of political science at the University of Michigan, about Biden's next moves in Myanmar.

This week, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy became only the second president in that country's history to go on trial after serving office. Jacques Chirac did in 2011 — also on corruption charges like Sarkozy — but Chirac was excused for health reasons. Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison with the option of living at home with an ankle bracelet for the third year. He's appealing...

A recent decision by the Cherokee Supreme Court to remove the words "by blood" from its constitution clarifies who can be a citizen of the Nation. Allison Herrera reports that this includes Black members taken into the tribe more than 100 years ago, and allowed freedmen to run for office.

Genesis Owusu tackles the racism he's experienced while growing up in Australia in his debut album, “Smiling With No Teeth.” The Ghanaian-born musician shares his experience and tells host Marco Werman how Prince inspired him to be true to himself.

For Buddhists, the image of Buddha is sacred. It makes perfect sense, Buddha is the founder of Buddhism. Observant Buddhists often kneel before statues of what they view as the enlightened one. In the West though, the image of Buddha is sometimes used in far less reverential ways. One woman in Thailand has seen examples of this for years and thought it was blasphemous, so she decided to do somethi...

Global carbon emissions dropped by 7% in 2020 compared to 2019, due to changed behavior and government regulations because of the coronavirus pandemic. That's the biggest drop ever recorded. This analysis was published today in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change. Host Marco Werman talks with Corinne Le Quéré, with the University of East Anglia in the UK, and is the lead author of the car...

A new film by the French Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte has been shortlisted for this year's Oscars, in the best international feature category. "Night of the Kings" pays homage to the art of storytelling in the unlikely setting of La Maca, a notorious prison in the Ivory Coast. The World's Halima Gikandi reports.

In recent years, northern Nigeria’s kidnapping-for-ransom business has steadily grown, putting more and more vulnerable schoolchildren in harm’s way. But with ransom payments increasing and authorities appearing helpless to stop the abductions, it seems these kidnappings will grow even more frequent. Host Marco Werman speaks with Confidence MacHarry, a security analyst at SBM Intelligence, in Lago...

Three LGBTQ activists were charged with “offending religious feelings” after hanging up posters of the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo outside a church. This week, a judge in the city of Plock ruled them not guilty of the crimes, and the queer community there is celebrating the judgment as a major win. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Increased fighting and a shortfall of funding from donor nations are making the humanitarian crisis in Yemen grow even worse. The head of the MSF mission in Yemen, Muriel Boursier, tells host Marco Werman about one indicator: a more than 40% rise in the number of malnutrition cases at one hospital she manages.

On Tuesday, Brazil experienced its highest daily death toll from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic: 1,641 people. Hospital systems across the country are overwhelmed and scientists say a new variant has been found in Brazil that appears to be more contagious. Still, the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, continues to downplay the threat and peddle conspiracy theories. Marco Werman gets th...

It’s hard to think of something more broadly loved than butter. But something weird is happening to the good stuff in Canada. And self-proclaimed butter enthusiasts have been on a mission to solve the mystery. The World’s Bianca Hillier has the story.

UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet is calling attention to the fate of two men in prison in Bangladesh: writer Mushtaq Ahmed, and political cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore. They were both arrested last year under a law that critics say limits free speech. Last week, Mushtaq Ahmed died in prison. Bachelet wants his death investigated, and she's expressed concern over Kishore's condition. Kishor...

As more and more vaccines roll out, travel looks set to resume this year. Many countries, including European Union member states, are looking into digital vaccine passports to make international travel more secure. But there are concerns over privacy and fairness with these so-called vaccine passports. Host Marco Werman speaks with Arthur Caplan, director of the Division of Medical Ethics at New Y...

Most countries in Europe are way behind on COVID-19 vaccine goals. There have been shot shortages and delivery delays. But one country in the Balkans is speeding ahead of the pack: Serbia. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports that people there even have the ability to pick the vaccine they prefer.

The Biden administration is looking to hit the reset button with an important American ally — Mexico. President Biden held his first video conference with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday. Among the top priorities they discussed were the coronavirus, migration and climate change. Host Marco Werman gets the latest from The World’s Jorge Valencia.

Iran rejected an early meeting with the US and other EU signatories to the Iran nuclear deal, in a move intended to set the stage for resuming talks with Tehran. According to Iran, the time isn’t suitable for resuming talks — not until the Biden administration lifts Trump-imposed sanctions that have crippled its economy. Host Marco Werman speaks with Naysan Rafati, a senior Iran analyst at the Int...

The Senate continues to dig into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified in front of lawmakers on Tuesday, and described the perpetrators as being on the “same level with ISIS and homegrown violent extremists.” Wray also told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI “had not seen evidence" that antifa or fake Trump supporters were involved in the siege. Host...

Erika Rischko, 81, has been posting fitness and dance videos on the app TikTok over the past year from her home in Germany, and now has more than 125,000 followers and millions of likes. Host Marco Werman has the story.

On Tuesday the Biden administration announced new sanctions against Russia. The sanctions were put in place against individuals who were involved in the poisoning operation and imprisonment of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Many experts see these sanctions as largely symbolic, but this is the first action the Biden administration has taken against Russia. Host Marco Werman talks wit...

The Biden administration is trying to decide what to do about sanctions President Trump imposed on members of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, in response to the ICC's investigation of possible war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan. Prominent groups are calling on the Biden administration to lift those sanctions.

As the new head of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is expected to have a major focus on climate change. To discuss the hot-button climate policies that will confront Okonjo-Iweala on Day One, The World's host Marco Werman speaks to Rachel Kyte, dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stepped in as the new head of the World Trade Organization on Monday, ending a six-month leadership void there. Okonjo-Iweala also made history on her first day: She's the first woman and first African to serve as WTO’s director-general.