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Thursday marked the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, which hastened the end of World War II. Global superpowers spent the decades after the bombing of Hiroshima building up stockpiles of nuclear weapons, and then a few more decades after that trying to reduce those stockpiles. Today, we look at that historic arms race, and the new nuclear rivalries between the US, Russia and China. Laicie...

If you're an LGBTQ couple in Western Europe, North America or much of Latin America, you can get married. Not in most of Asia. But Thailand is now preparing to challenge the status quo. A new law would make Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to allow same-sex unions. The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

Ammonium nitrate is the chemical that has caused death and destruction has been blamed for the Beirut explosion that killed at least 100 and injured thousands on Tuesday. Jeffrey Lewis, who's with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, talks about it with host Marco Werman.

The tiny island of Cyprus vetoed a major trade deal between the EU and Canada. And the sticking point is halloumi cheese. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports that cheese often gets in the way of trade negotiations.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Beirut on Thursday and pledged to spearhead an international coalition of aid for Lebanon following Tuesday’s explosion. Surrounded by angry protesters, he promised the aid will not reach the government’s “corrupt hands.” Host Marco Werman speaks with Randa Slim, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington.

Civilians in Lebanon’s capital have little trust in their government, so they’re launching grassroots efforts to recover after this week’s massive explosion. Rabih Shibli directs a relief project at Beirut’s Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service. Shibli tells The World’s Marco Werman he’s organizing an outpouring of volunteers, ready to sweep glass, clear rubble and hang doors.

The Lebanese people are known for their resilience, but a mounting list of crises is crippling the country and draining the hope of the people. Host Marco Werman speaks with Carmen Geha, an activist and an associate professor of public administration at the American University of Beirut.

Satellite images show that there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies than previously thought on the icy continent of Antarctica. Peter Fretwell, a geographer at the British Antarctic Survey, says they are able to spot colonies based on what they leave behind: bright reddish-brown guano.

The US general election is nearing, but not everyone can participate, including immigrants who are not citizens. With many issues at stake, some are determined to influence voters, including 32 million eligible Latino voters. The World’s Monica Campbell reports this story as part of our “Every 30 Seconds” series, where The World follows the young Latino vote.

What would President Donald Trump’s foreign policy look like in a second term? John Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser, tells The World’s Marco Werman that Trump “doesn’t think systematically” about issues ranging from the pandemic to nuclear weapons talks to US policy in Afghanistan.

The Beirut explosion left up to 300,000 people without a place to stay after their homes were either completely destroyed or not safe to occupy. A few hours after the blast, thousands of people offered their homes to those in need. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

A coalition of over 180 human rights groups estimates that up to 1 in 5 cotton garments sold worldwide are tainted with the forced labor of Uighur people in Xinjiang, a province in far western China. Now they're calling on major retailers and clothing companies to clean up their supply chains. Host Marco Werman speaks with Allison Gill,  senior cotton campaign coordinator at Global Labor Justice —...

Wednesday marks one year since Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, went into lockdown, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government effectively stripped Kashmir of its autonomy, cracked down on travel and imposed a communications blackout. The World’s Marco Werman gets more from Azhar Farooq.

After a four-month break because of the coronavirus, the National Hockey League has restarted its season with a formal proclamation by player Matt Dumba that Black Lives Matter. Critics say it's a statement that should have been made by the NHL commissioner.

Fatima al-Mahmoud, 22, is the senior editor for beirut.com. Mahmoud lives just minutes away from the Beirut port, and yesterday, when the blast shook the city, she felt the impact. At the time, she was at home with her 12-year-old brother. When they heard the explosion, they thought it might be a bomb. Now, Mahmoud and her brother find themselves in a "ghost town" in ruins, trying to recover and t...

After Tuesday’s explosion in Beirut, Lebanon's government has declared a two-week state of emergency. And Wednesday, the government declared a national day of mourning. Nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate produced the blast and the death toll is more than 100 with several thousand more wounded. Rebecca Collard reports from Beirut.

The French Chilean singer Ana Tijoux has managed to draw inspiration from one aspect of these trying times. The World’s Jorge Valencia brings us the story behind her new single. 

In 2014, an international treaty to prevent violence again women went into effect. It's called the Istanbul Convention — and most countries in Europe have adopted it. They agreed to create special legal categories for gender-based violence. But now, some signatories are having second thoughts. The Polish government has indicated it will quit the treaty. Turkey is now considering a similar move. An...

President Donald Trump says the US Treasury would need to get a portion of the sale price of TikTok in order for it to get regulatory approval in the US. Days earlier, Trump said he would ban TikTok from operating in the US. Adam Segal, who directs the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the threats to the video-shari...

In the center of Paris, there is a migrant camp for young boys. Police cleared it out on Tuesday morning. The move comes after a weekslong campaign by nongovernmental organizations calling on the French government to provide housing for the kids who had been living in tents. The boys all claim to be under the age of 18, and have been moved to temporary housing in a nearby gymnasium. As Rebecca Ros...

On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned that school closures as a result of COVID-19 “could waste untold human potential, undermine decades of progress, and exacerbate entrenched inequalities." More than 1 billion children in some 160 countries are missing school this year. Even before the pandemic hit, the world faced a “learning crisis” with well over 250 million children out...

When King Juan Carlos I took the Spanish throne in 1975, he brought with him the hopes of a return to democracy. This was after nearly four decades of dictatorship under Generalissimo Francisco Franco. But the king's reign was riddled with scandals. On Monday, the former king disappeared into exile. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with reporter Jennifer O'Mahoney in Madrid.

August and September mark the height of wildfire season in Brazil, and this past July's fire numbers have experts worried it could be even worse than last year. The World's Carolyn Beeler reports.

The United States has the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus in the world, and cases are on the rise in both rural and urban areas. Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, puts the situation in a global context and explains what has set the US response apart.

A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. The World’s Marco Werman speaks to journalist Lizzie Porter in Beirut.