World

Members of a joint investigation team present the preliminary results of the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014. The investigators said Wednesday they have confirmed that MH17 was shot down by a Buk missile fire

World News

Flight MH17 Was Shot Down By Missile Moved From Russia, Investigators Say

9:21am September 28, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A Dutch-led team of international researchers found that a Buk missile shot down Flight MH17 in 2014. Evidence suggests the missile was brought from Russia and fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine.

President Shimon Peres addresses members of the Foreign Press Association during a visit to the southern Israeli town of Sderot in July 2014, following Palestinian rocket attacks on the city.

World News

Shimon Peres, The Last Of Israel's Founding Fathers, Dies At 93

11:09pm September 27, 2016

Peres served as prime minister three times, launched the country's nuclear program and won the Nobel Peace Prize. But his grandest goal, an Israel at peace with its Arab neighbors, eluded him.

World News

Italy's 'Cultural Allowance' For Teens Aims To Educate, Counter Extremism

7:50pm September 27, 2016

by Christopher Livesay

Italy is giving 500 euros to every 18-year-old to spend on theater, music, books or other cultural events. The money is aimed at educating native-born Italians and assimilating immigrants.

Queue Listen Now

92 Percent Of The World's Population Breathes Substandard Air, WHO Says

6:30pm September 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The pollution levels have a staggering impact on health, according to the report, which says: "In 2012, one out of every nine deaths was the result of air pollution-related conditions."

World News

Postal Worker Faces Unusual Challenges Working In Rio's Favelas

5:49pm September 27, 2016

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Favelas are sprawling, informal communities that sometimes have no street names, no housing numbers and gangs. One mail woman rises to the challenge of keeping the ad-hoc mail system running.

World News

Syrian Regime Continues Massive Assault On Aleppo's Rebel Areas

4:34pm September 27, 2016

by Alice Fordham

The Syrian government and Russian air force are pounding Aleppo's rebel areas, while rebel fighters battle back. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are in the middle of an intensifying humanitarian disaster.

World News

Street Signs Connect Modern Day Toronto To Indigenous History

4:34pm September 27, 2016

A neighborhood business improvement project in Toronto recently put up official street signs featuring Anishinaabe translations of the street names as a nod to the indigenous history of the place. The project was started by Susan Blight, an indigenous artist and activist.

This 1-year-old is part of the mountain gorilla population in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

World News

How Hybrid Seeds Could Help The Mountain Gorillas Of Congo

4:08pm September 27, 2016

by Amy Yee

Farmers are planting in Virunga National Park. That means less food, water and shelter for the endangered great apes that live there.

Sandinista rebels ride an armored vehicle through Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, on July 19, 1979, after ousting dictator Anastasio Somoza. Latin America has endured civil wars for the past six decades, but only two groups, the Sandinistas and Fidel Cas

World News

Guess What? As Of Today, The Western Hemisphere Has No Wars

2:41pm September 27, 2016

by Greg Myre

Colombia's peace deal brings to a close rebel insurgencies in Latin America that began with Fidel Castro in the 1950s. In all those years, only two guerrilla groups ever toppled governments.

'Kingdom' Examines Afghanistan Through The Prism Of The Karzai Family

2:05pm September 27, 2016

Journalist Joshua Partlow was in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012, a time of corruption, government dysfunction and civilian hostility to U.S. military operations. His new book is A Kingdom of Their Own.

Queue Listen Now