Tatsuya Shindo was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese organized crime gang. His arm-length tattoos are a sure sign of ...

Bhutan has emerged as an unexpected player in the world of cryptocurrency. The Himalayan kingdom holds the fourth-largest ...

The Bosnian-Serb leader Milorad Dodik is facing a year in prison for defying Bosnia-Herzegovina's highest court. The ...

Our partners at Deutsche Welle took a walking tour of the problem of light pollution in Cologne, Germany, for the "Living ...

The Arab League, a high-level body of Arab states, met in Cairo on Tuesday to agree to a new Egyptian-backed plan for Gaza’s recovery and reconstruction. The proposal would keep Palestinians in Gaza ...

Over the weekend, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced it would uphold a ceasefire requested by their leader, who remains imprisoned in Turkey. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren takes look back ...

It’s a country still struggling to recover from the downturn in tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic, where youth unemployment has been surging. Many see bitcoin as the solution to their economic woes ...

Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triantopoulos has resigned. Host Marco Werman has the story.

Cooperation, respect and strategic interdependence have long characterized the US-Canada relationship. Now, in a matter of weeks, that mutual friendliness has been jeopardized by a trade war and ...

The American investment company BlackRock has signed a deal to buy ports on the Panama Canal from a company in Hong Kong. This comes after weeks of President Donald Trump claiming, without evidence, ...

The US hit pause on Wednesday on sharing intelligence with Ukraine. The move cuts off vital information about Russia’s intentions and military movements as Ukraine defends itself from Russian attacks.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Australia’s eastern coast late Thursday or early Friday. It’s the first cyclone to hit the region in 51 years, host Carolyn Beeler explains.