U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum
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The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz
The U.S military has begun an operation to end Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in an effort and re-open the waterway to global shipp...
Economic effects of the war in Iran ripple around the globe
From fuel to food, fertilizer and flights, the fallout from the Iran war is reshaping the global economy. We hear from reporters in Africa,...
The search for loved ones in Gaza
After more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the destruction there is overwhelming. According to the United Nations, m...
An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist
In today’s episode, a rare interview with the leader of a Hindu nationalist group in India known by the acronym RSS. They are the largest fa...
How is Cuba feeling about the United States?
The relationship between the United States and Cuba hasn’t been this tense for decades. Even as the the U.S. is engaged in high-level negoti...
40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accident, they face war
Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. T...
An unlikely Indian movie makes it all the way to the Oscars
India has seen a rise in Hindu nationalism in recent years, in it’s politics but also in the culture. And India’s famed Bollywood film indus...
Ukraine becomes an international arms dealer
Since the war with Iran began Ukraine has found itself in an unexpected position. In addition to receiving military aid, it is also a provid...
President Trump extends the ceasefire with Iran, what happens now?
Just before a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was set to expire, President Trump announced on social media that he was extending it. Ira...
How Gaza feels after six months of ceasefire
We mark this moment in both Gaza and Israel. In Gaza, it has been six months since major hostilities with Israel ended. Aid for the territor...
What are the chances for peace between Israel and Lebanon?
As the end of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran approaches, a separate but intertwined conflict may have an improved chance at...
An Israeli and Palestinian who bonded during war share vision for peace in a new book
The war in Gaza has hardened positions across the Middle East. But two men say it brought them closer together and convinced them that the "...
They were promised paradise — in North Korea
For 25 years, ethnic Koreans who called Japan home were lured by propaganda to North Korea. Over 90,000 people heeded the call. They were pr...
Sudan’s war enters a fourth year
What began as a power struggle between the army and the powerful paramilitary force — former allies in a coup that removed a civilian govern...
The last detention camp for ISIS wives and kids
After U.S.-backed Iraqi and Syrian forces defeated ISIS, its surviving fighters went to prison. Their wives and children were sent to detent...
Hezbollah re-arms… but how?
In 2024, Israel killed Hezbollah's top leaders and is thought to have decimated its arsenal. So how is the Iran-backed group still firing ro...
A Ukrainian mayor, released from captivity, returns to a radically different city
Ukraine has been a country living through war for more than four years, since Russia’s full-scale invasion. But the experience of that war v...
Life in a Ukrainian city dramatically changed by war
Weapons evolve over the course of a war, and for the war in Ukraine the use of drones has radically altered the battlefield. But those same...
A ceasefire with Iran is declared, why is there still fighting in Lebanon?
President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, just ahead of a deadline he imposed for the country to open the Strait of Hormuz o...
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