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The US backs one side of the civil war in Yemen. But, as the US Ambassador to Yemen explains, it is also deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis there, brought on by both sides in the conflict.

Shakespeare buffs, actors and ordinary citizens in England turned out to honor an extraordinary American actor this week. Ira Aldridge came from New York to England in the 1820s and became one of the best Shakespearean actors of his day. He was black and had to overcome intense hostility. Nevertheless, he persisted.

The word “cosmopolitan” has an anti-Semitic history.

The man known as "America's toughest sheriff" will face a maximum penalty of six months in federal prison when he is sentenced in October.

President Donald Trump announced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy legislation on Wednesday, saying it "would represent the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century."

It wasn't so long ago that South Africa was seen as the natural leader of its continent, with bright economic prospects and a nascent, post-apartheid democracy. It developed strong trade ties with China, and, in 2010, was named one of the BRICS countries — with Brazil, Russia, India and China, the economies seen by some investors (the term was coined by a Goldman Sachs executive) to be the era's dynamic up-and-comers. But it hasn't quite turned out that way. This year, South Africa dipped into recession, with unemployment near 30 percent. What happened?

Sori Kondi is from Sierra Leone. DJ Chief Boima is from Wisconsin. Together they're the Kondi Band. And their music is a blend of traditional West African music with contemporary electronica.

Britain plans to outlaw the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans starting in 2040. But what are the hurdles to going electric?

Gay sex in Senegal is illegal, but there is the beginnings of a gay rights movement there. Unfortunately, it doesn't include gay women.

The new "Dunkirk" movie may be a hit, but there's a minor stink in Britain and India that the Indian troops have been whitewashed out of the movie. The World fact-checks whether they were indeed there, and discusses why it’s important to move beyond the traditional Western perceptions of World War II.

An incident involving a street food vendor in Los Angeles is intensifying a debate over legalizing street vending in the city.

A group of Afghan women has started a campaign asking for their names to be used in public. According to Afghan tradition, using a woman's real name in public is considered taboo.

Neymar looks set to smash the world record for a transfer fee with Paris Saint-Germain willing to part with 222 million euros ($260 million) to free the Brazilian from his Barcelona contract.

Last year, the federal immigration enforcement agency spent more than $3 billion dealing with immigrants facing deportation. But that figure doesn’t tell the whole story.

American climate scientists are responding to a plea made by French President Emmanuel Macron after President Donald Trump announced the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

It was supposed to be an off-the-record briefing. But comments from Jared Kushner about the Middle East peace process he's been tasked with are getting some attention.

This July we featured a unique selection of music on The World. Here are a few highlights.

The fates of Central American families seeking asylum in the United States are particularly stark.

South Bend was once a thriving center of industry, but has suffered a 60-year decline. Today, civic leaders are looking to leave their history of manufacturing behind, by literally rebuilding it.

The United States branded Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a "dictator" on a par with Syria's Bashar al-Assad or North Korea's Kim Jong-un, and imposed sanctions on him.

Many Christians would be surprised to learn that Jesus is mentioned dozens of times in the Quran. Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish writer and devout Muslim, says it’s time for a closer look at the story of Jesus as it appears in Islamic scripture.

Hezbollah organized a rare trip for international journalists so it could boast victories on the Lebanon-Syria border in the fight against extremist militants — and to send a message to the American president.

Finland is moving ahead with a system to store radioactive nuclear waste for 100,000 years, a possible example for other nuclear countries still struggling to come up with a plan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said 755 US diplomats must leave Russia and warned ties with Washington could be gridlocked for a long time, in a move Sunday that followed tough new American sanctions.

Ant researcher David Hu estimates that for humans, the equivalents of some ant towers would stretch tens of stories high.

The research is still at an early stage, but results indicate that dust promotes the growth of fat cells, at least in the lab.

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has ruled the Environmental Protection Agency cannot suspend a regulation that makes new oil and gas wells reduce methane leaks.

For centuries, South Asia has had its own Khawaja Sira or third gender culture. Now, some third gender people in Pakistan say the modern transgender identity is threatening their ancient culture.

Some have been freed and some are still in jail in a controversial trial of journalists from Turkey's oldest and most respected independent newspaper.

The World interviewed Nicholas Casey of The New York Times about his time in Venezuela and how the government went after him and eventually kicked him out.

This month, the women's national team went to England to compete in the Lacrosse World Cup, and they were able to travel on their tribal passports, which is a big deal.

Get a rare look inside Yemen's cholera crisis as a FRONTLINE crew films inside a hospital in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa.

"You don’t feel safe anymore. It always feels like we’re tiptoeing our way to 2020, we’re tiptoeing our way to, hopefully, a new president.”

Russia's foreign ministry announced counter-measures in response to tough new sanctions proposed by the United States, ordering Washington to reduce its diplomatic and technical staff in Moscow and other cities.

A project in New York aims to put energy choice in the hand(held devices) of consumers. How?

Just over a year after President Barack Obama introduced a new policy to allow transgender people to serve openly in the US military, President Donald Trump is reinstating a ban on transgender service members.

Britain said Wednesday it will outlaw the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution but environmental groups said the proposals did not go far enough.

North Dakota is a big place with a small population: 750,000. So, farmers send a lot of their harvest overseas, and elected officials know full well: Exports are the state’s lifeblood.

She says it's too late for her but some Syrian kids finally get a chance in Turkish schools.

With ISIS losing territory in Syria and Iraq, what will happen to their wives and children? We spoke to Borzou Daragahi of BuzzFeed News, who recently reported on meeting some of these women in Syria.

The far-right identitarian group Defend Europe plans to take a ship close to the coast of North Africa, where humanitarian groups rescue migrants. But it's running into difficulties trying to get there.

An archivist found more than 2,000 notebooks left behind in Harvard University storage for 50 years. Now, she’s working to make sure the notebooks from Harvard’s first women astronomers are available to the world.

The Economist's David Rennie says European leaders feel orphaned and bereft in the Trump era.

The beloved actor apologizes more than 50 years later for “inflicting the most atrocious cockney accent in history of cinema” in the 1964 Disney classic, “Mary Poppins.”

In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump said no transgender person can serve in the military, although thousands already do.

Back in the '60s, London was one of the centers for a cultural — and chemical — revolution: psychedelia. But now, a new and very British psychedelic culture is reappearing.

Bill Browder prepares to testify about the Russian collusion scandal and the dangers of Putin's agenda for the West.

Melania Trump is certainly among the most famous Slovenian-Americans. But many of her former countrymen wonder why their native land doesn't get more attention.

The curious parallels between love and the bizarre — but potentially very useful — phenomenon called "quantum entanglement."