World News

FAA Officials To Meet With Airlines And Pilots To Discuss Boeing 737 Max

7:44am April 12, 2019

by Russell Lewis

Boeing says it's close to finishing a software update for its troubled 737 Max aircraft. This comes as the company is trying to win back public and government support of the grounded fleet.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Assange Faces U.S. Extradition After Years Holed Up In Ecuador's Embassy

7:27am April 12, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to ex-prosecutor Renato Mariotti about the U.S. charging WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange with conspiring to commit computer intrusion. An extradition hearing is set for May 2.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Sudan's Military To Oversee 2-Year Transition After President's Ouster

7:27am April 12, 2019

After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested. Rachel Martin talks to Sudanese activist Dalia El Roubi about this moment in the history of her country.

Queue Listen Now

World News

It May Take Months To Identify Cyclone Victims, Forensic Coordinator Says

6:13am April 12, 2019

David Greene talks to Associated Press reporter Cara Anna, who tells the story of a man who is trying to help recovery efforts in Mozambique after last month's cyclone.

Queue Listen Now

News Brief: Democratic Voters, Black Church Fires, Sudan's Transition

5:58am April 12, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates aim to win back the "blue wall." A Louisiana deputy sheriff 's son is a suspect in the fires. Sudan's military to oversee a transition after the president is ousted.

Queue Listen Now

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in a police vehicle at Westminster Magistrates court on Thursday in London. He was arrested by Scotland Yard police officers inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in Central London.

Julian Assange Arrested, Faces U.S. Charges Related To 2010 WikiLeaks Releases

11:07pm April 11, 2019

The WikiLeaks founder had been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London since 2012. He was arrested on a warrant from 2012 for failing to surrender to the court and also on behalf of the United States.

An Indian Mishing tribal woman looks back to ensure her vote has been cast as she prepares to leave the voting compartment during the first phase of general elections in Majuli, Assam, India, Thursday.

World News

Polls Open In The World's Largest Democracy: Fun Facts On India's Election

9:02pm April 11, 2019

Polls have opened in 18 Indian states and two union territories. It is the first day of a seven-phase election staggered over more than five weeks in the country of 1.3 billion people.

Queue Listen Now

Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig is facing charges related to the work he and his former law firm did on behalf of the former government of Ukraine.

Greg Craig, Onetime White House Counsel, Charged In Ukraine Case

6:07pm April 11, 2019

The well-known D.C. lawyer stepped down from a powerful law firm that has been ensnared in the Russia investigation over failure to disclose work for a foreign client as required by an obscure law.

People in the Israeli city of Netanya watching images taken by the camera of the Israel Beresheet spacecraft of the moon surface before it crashed.

Israeli Robotic Moon Landing Fails In Final Descent

5:53pm April 11, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Israeli scientists are studying what caused an engine failure in the closing minutes of what they hoped would be a historic lunar landing.

World News

After 7 Years Inside Ecuador's Embassy In London, Julian Assange Was Arrested

5:40pm April 11, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Julian Assange was arrested in London on Thursday after spending seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy there.

Queue Listen Now