The World: Latest Stories

Conches are ubiquitous across the Caribbean. The decorative shells are exported and made into jewelry, and the huge gastropod inside is a staple food. But new research suggests that the conch is possibly being loved to death.

A federal appeals court recently rejected a bid by the Trump Administration to block a youth climate lawsuit filed in Oregon from moving to trial.

How a whimsical advertising mascot became part of a really dark story.

Some foodies have cited "hiya," literally shame, as one reason balut and sisig aren't more common in US restaurants. But in Philippine culture, "hiya" has a much deeper meaning.

Palestinians are protesting in the Gaza Strip, with demonstrations planned for several more weeks. One Palestinian man says people just want a better future. An Israeli who lives on the other side of the border fence says he just wants to live in peace with his neighbors.

During Congressional hearings this week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged to dedicate more resources to moderate hate speech and other content. But some digital rights activists in Myanmar, where the platform has been used to incite ethnic violence, say Facebook is not doing enough.

A couple in California crosses the border on a regular basis to give greyhounds a second chance at life.

In devastatingly raw songs, Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie chronicles his grief after his wife’s death.

The writer for “The Simpsons,” “Late Night with David Letterman” and “Newhart” on being the only woman in the writers’ room.

Around 85 percent of women in a British Columbia prison come out homeless. "There are very few places for women to go when they get released," says one advocate.

Rituals and spring go hand-in-hand.

Somali-Norwegian teenagers Ayan and her younger sister Leila leave their affluent neighborhood outside of Oslo to travel to Syria and marry ISIS fighters. Author Asne Seierstad's latest book, "Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad", shares the family's story including the father's efforts to bring his daughters home.

Oklahoma has had the highest female incarceration rate in the nation. It's been that way for the last 25 years. The state imprisons 151 out of every 100,000 women, according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics — more than double the national rate. Cherise Greer is out of the system but is now faced with the challenges of life on the outside.

The more time elapses from his presidency, Carter says, the more he's interested in exploring the spiritual side of life.

"People really had compassion, affection, understanding and patience — something that you don't get in regular court." That's how one Indigenous woman describes her day in First Nations Court.

Alabama’s run of success has brought a lot of national attention to the university. Has it been able to leverage the team’s winning ways into success overseas?

The Canes were able to move back to their home after a stint in Australia because no one would buy it.

Rescue workers and doctors said more than 42 people were killed in the chemical attack, but that there were likely many more victims yet to be found.

For many of the Syrians in Turkey who fought in, or rooted for the opposition, the bloodshed is ending in death and destruction with no freedom.

With all the extreme weather the US has experienced lately, it seems important to know if one's area will flood when hard rains fall and rivers rise. But Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood maps contain inaccurate information.

Abby Bolt loves her job as a Battalion Chief for the US Forest Service, leading forest fire prevention efforts and commanding teams of hundreds of people in a disaster. But Bolt has also been a victim of the “good ol’ boy” culture in an agency that for years has cast a blind eye over hazing, harassment and sexual misconduct.

After years of a migrant's life, Daniel Vega, from Guatemala, is ready to put down roots in Mexico. But being "undocumented anywhere is never easy."

The government says it can’t protect every home from the sea. One family says they’ll hold tight to their memories when it’s time to leave their house.

"Why is this kid in here?" one man says of the girl he adopted, who lived with her mom in prison until several years ago.

Terrance Hayes may be the only poet to be named a MacArthur fellow, a National Book Award winner and one of People magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive.”

How the U.S. poet laureate found inspiration in the sci-fi visions of David Bowie.

Tracy K. Smith announces the winner of our listener poetry challenge: poems inspired by pop stars.

This is the poem that taught America to sing itself.

There are more than 20 portals in about 15 different countries. At designated times they connect.

Cheyenne Sharma admitted transporting more than 4 pounds of cocaine into Canada. But her lawyers put the country's colonial history on trial.

From X-rated to Gen X to Latinx, the meaning of "X" has shifted while retaining an edgy, transgressive quality.

The number of women going to jail in Mexico is on the rise. Many are single moms trying to support their families.

Just 25 years ago, Alabama used to be a place for textiles. Now it's a place to build cars.

In Taiwan, even men they have dual nationality, they have to serve in the military. And if they don't, they risk jail time. Dean Huang knew he would never see his family again if he didn't go back home to serve.

A natural spring in the shadow of Cape Town's Table Mountain provides a measure of relief — and a new pop-up community — for drought-strapped residents.

"We cannot arrest our way out of the problem," some advocates say.

Her uncompromising methods and refusal to forgive contrasted sharply with the reconciliation espoused by her husband Nelson Mandela as he worked to forge a stable, pluralistic democracy from the racial division and oppression of apartheid.

No new Northern right whale calves have been born so far this year — an unprecedented occurrence, according to scientists who study them.

Jerusalem is indeed a city where three faiths come together, but it is also bracing for a big — and what many fear may be a divisive — moment next month when the US embassy will move from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem.

It’s a fading tradition, but habas con dulce is a Holy Week staple in my family, migrating with us from the island to the United States.

But that is all set to change this weekend. When Udoka Azubuike leads his Kansas Jayhawks into the men's college basketball Final Four against Villanova in San Antonio, his mom should be cheering in the stands.

As traditional business models continue to break down, entrepreneurs have their sights on one more area to disrupt: traditional orthodontics.

When Cape Town's growing water crisis started bubbling up last year, a local radio station in the South African city jumped on the beat with wall-to-wall coverage and water-saving tips for listeners.

London artist and writer Jess Thom, who has Tourette syndrome, has transformed her quirky disability into raw material for other artists.

After her husband’s death and a devastating flood, multimedia artist Laurie Anderson finds hope in the face of loss.

Many are sleeping rough in the streets while they await asylum decisions.

In 1978, the Comedy Store gave female comedians a room of their own. This is the story of its complicated legacy.

Women and girls in a cluster of small Moroccan villages used to have to walk up to three hours a day to fetch water. Now, the villages get all the water they need from a new system of fog nets in the nearby mountains, and that means a lot more time available for work and school.

Tony Acevedo’s life was extraordinary. He was a Mexican American child of undocumented parents. He joined the US army in WWII but was captured, and singled out as an “undesirable” by his Nazi captors, and was then sent to a concentration camp.