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You might expect the double murder of journalists Orouba Barakat and her 23-year-old daughter Halla Barakat in Istanbul would trigger an international investigation. But more than three years on — what happened to the two women remains a mystery. Reporter Fariba Nawa has more.

Reporter Cecilia Ballí talks about her recent reporting in the Rio Grande Valley region. She talks about the complexity of the Latino vote there and across Texas and about what some postelection analysts are getting wrong.

Marie Stopes International is one of the largest providers of women's health and contraceptive services worldwide. They've announced they are changing their name to MSI Reproductive Choices to distance themselves from Marie Stopes, the early 20th-century British birth control pioneer who supported eugenics. Host Marco Werman speaks to MSI Reproductive Choices CEO Simon Cooke.

Hurricane Iota is expected to bring up to 30 inches of rain onto already saturated areas, creating life-threatening flash flooding. It’s pummeling coastal communities that suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago. Dr. Luther Castillo is providing help to those impacted by both storms. He speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman from the city of La Ceiba on the Honduran coa...

A new monument in Berlin of a Korean "comfort woman" is aggravating a deep rift between Japan and South Korea, with Germany stuck in the middle. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

For generations to come, the world will be talking about the coronavirus pandemic. Those future conversations — the ones looking back at 2020 — are the subject of a new campaign from the German government. In the ads, the nation's couch potatoes become the hero as they stay home and take part in intense laziness to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The World’s Bianca Hillier tells us more.

In recent weeks, Moderna and Pfizer have reported promising clinical trial results for a COVID-19 vaccine. Both could be available on a limited basis before the end of the year. But there's a problem: the rising spread of false and negative information about the safety of the coronavirus vaccine efforts. Host Marco Werman speaks with  K. “Vish” Viswanath, a professor of Health Communication at the...

Peru appears to be emerging from a political crisis. The new President Francisco Sagasti — who is the third president in a week — is someone who many hope will restore some stability to the country. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports.

One of the most important telescopes in the world, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, is on the brink of collapse after two supporting cables snapped. Abel Méndez is an astronomer at the University of Puerto Rico who uses the telescope for his research. He speaks to The World's host Carol Hills about what would be lost if the observatory falls.

A group of left-leaning politicians and labor organizations have issued an open letter to leaders of the EU and New Zealand, as well as President-elect Joe Biden, calling on countries to adopt a 4-day workweek. They say switching to this model would help countries recover from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as have environmental and mental health benefits. Host Carol Hil...

Brazilians voted in more than 5,500 municipalities across the country this weekend. The biggest finding: It was another setback for President Jair Bolsonaro, as Michael Fox reports from Brazil.

The leader of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia confirmed that his forces fired rockets at the airport in Eritrea's capital over the weekend. He threatened that more will come. This major escalation raises fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa region. Host Carol Hills speaks with Ahmed Soliman, a research fellow on the Horn of Africa at the London-based Chatham House.

As the US finds itself at a crossroads between one president and another, the United Nations happens to be conducting its regular review of where the US stands on human rights, as it does every four years with each of its member states. As The World’s Rupa Shenoy reports, the Trump administration is using the review as a final platform to defend itself to the global community, despite it’s “Americ...

This weekend, China brought together more than a dozen countries across the Asia Pacific region to sign a huge, new free-trade deal. The mega-pact involves more than one-third of the globe’s population and leaves the US sitting on the sidelines, as American University economist Kara Reynolds tells The World’s Carol Hills.

US officials say over the summer, a top al-Qaeda leader and his daughter were gunned down on the streets of Tehran. They say both were killed by Israeli operatives. The World's Shirin Jaafari has the story. 

Boris Johnson’s first year in office as British prime minister has been a rocky one, between the pandemic and Brexit talks. The abrupt resignation of his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, last Friday, has added to the turmoil on 10 Downing Street. Cummings, a hardline Brexiteer, played a significant role in securing Johnson a landslide victory in the last general election. So, with his sudden depar...

A vaccine alone will not end the pandemic. That’s a reminder today from the head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He says any new vaccine must go hand-in-hand with other public health measures: testing, tracing, isolating and supporting those who need to quarantine. Host Carol Hills has an update.

In the last week or so, there has been some good vaccine news. Pfizer and now Moderna have announced that their coronavirus vaccines were 90% and 94.5% effective based on preliminary results from its phase 3 trial. But health experts and world leaders have concerns about distribution and access. Host Carol Hills talks with researcher Andrea Taylor, at Duke University’s Global Health Innovation Cen...

Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings died this week. Host Carol Hills speaks with Samuel Gyasi Obeng, professor at Indiana University, about Rawlings' legacy.

The US isn't the only country swirling with unsubstantiated claims about vote-rigging and disputed elections. Many countries in Africa are contending with controversy, even violence, over recent election results. That's the topic our friends at Economist Radio in London took on recently. "The Intelligence" is the name of the podcast, and Jason Palmer is the host.

China has one vision of how the so-called “Asian century” will play out: with itself as the top power in Asia, and perhaps in the world. India is not on board with that. It’s looking for ways to counter China’s ambitions, with its own vision of a more multipolar Asia — and world. Mary Kay Magistad reports in this special project, "On The New Silk Road" from the Global Reporting Centre.

Earlier this month, in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique, fighters who claim ties with ISIS seized nine towns through brutal violence. According to multiple news sources and crisis monitoring groups, there have been more than 50 beheadings in the district of Muidumbe. Host Carol Hills talks with Human Rights Watch researcher Zenaida Machado.

The World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization, convened this week as part of its annual meeting. It comes at a critical time, as the number of coronavirus cases has soared past 50 million worldwide and more than a million people have died. For months, the organization has been in the hot seat — which is why a new independent panel was also in attendance. Host Carol...

A new investigation from scientists at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham suggests that Black people are twice as likely to become infected by coronavirus than white people, and Asian people are 1.5 times as likely to become infected. Researchers say this is likely because these groups are more likely to work in frontline jobs. Host Carol Hills speaks with Charles Kwaku-Odoi, the chief o...

Last year, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Now, his own country is nearing civil war. Military clashes in the northern state of Tigray have already displaced thousands of people. The World's Halima Gikandi reports.