The World: Latest Stories

Brazil's popular former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was indicted this week for corruption and could face decades in prison. Meanwhile, lawmakers tried to vote to protect themselves from prosecution.

“If we write about Clinton and Trump, it’s much easier to run a picture of Trump."

Who we are is less about what we say, than about what we do — who we include and exclude, who we tolerate. Chandran Kukathas, head of government at the London School of Economics, argues in the wake of anti-immigrant sentiments in the United States and Europe, these "free" societies could and should do better about walking the talk.

The US has approved the biggest arms deal in history: a $38 billion agreement to supply Israel with jets, bombs, missiles and military support for the next 10 years. And now that the paper is signed, look for arms deals with Israel's Arab neighbors to proceed.

If Missouri’s race is as close as recent polls suggest, some observers think it could be St. Louis’ “Bosnian vote” that gives the state’s 10 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton.

Forty years ago, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat, and, Ronni Moffitt, his assistant, were killed when a bomb taped beneath their vehicle detonated. Francisco Letelier, the diplomat's son, revisits the murder on Washington's Embassy Row.

"Pure serendipity" reunited a Canadian journalist with a Syrian family she has profiled in Damascus two years before. Now she has their news from Toronto.

France becomes the first country in the world to ban plastic cups, plates and cutlery. But is replacing plastic with compostable items the best way to go?

The brothers are close and talk on the phone almost every day. Lately, because of persistent drought in their home country of Honduras, they've been having the same conversation over and over again: whether it's better to leave or better to stay in Honduras.

After spending years in an Israeli prison, these two Palestinian men are giving entrepreneurship a try. They're hoping their concept for an urban food truck catches on in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

With 200,000 potential votes up for grabs, US citizens living in Israel could make a difference in a tight 2016 race for the White House.

The EU-Turkey deal has turned Lesbos into an open-air prison.

Active duty military and veteran votes will be crucial to win North Carolina’s hotly contested electoral votes. Perhaps no state is closer in the polls, or harder to predict, than North Carolina.

There's been a second day of violent unrest in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo, in central Africa. Unrest erupted after authorities delayed the presidential elections.

Vehicle sharing businesses are exploding — electric scooters are just the latest version.

Balbir Singh Sodhi was killed at his Phoenix gas station four days after 9/11. He was a Sikh American but his killer thought he was a Muslim. Fifteen years later, his brother keeps on telling his story.

The construction of Brutalist-style featureless apartments hastened the loss of cohesion in Syrian society, according to Homs architect Marwa al-Sabouni, whose book "The Battle for Home" and accompanying TED talk offer a new vision.

But it’s made of ... plastic?

"It’s a really, really scary moment for the Somali community," says refugee advocate Suud Olat.

When I went to camp Anytown Alabama, the focus was on interracial dialogue. Now immigration is part of the camp curriculum.

Cleveland Plain Dealer chief political reporter Henry Gomez is no stranger to racist comments from readers. But this year, the comments are increasing. And it can be connected to the campaign of Donald Trump.

Juliette Kayyem, a counterterrorism expert and former Homeland Security official, says it’s too soon to know if the incidents are connected to international terror.

A closer look into the "bromance."

Fifty years after H.F. Verwoerd was assassinated in parliament, the nation he once presided over reckons with its past.

How did the US go from being a country that denied secretly bombing Laos to finally taking responsibility, 40 years later?

As more people become comfortable with outing themselves as pan-sexual or genderqueer, the way we refer to them is changing.

The failed science experiment that haunted Aparna Nancherla for years

A new study says yes, dogs can process speech in much the same way humans can.

In her new book, "This is Your Brain on Parasites,” author Kathleen McAuliffe describes the numerous links between animals and parasites, how they've co-evolved, and how parasites may actually affect the behavior of humans and other animals.

Citizen activists tried to stop the government’s recent auction of 4,400 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. They failed, but the auction brought in less revenue than expected.

The atmosphere is filling up with more moisture, one expert says, increasing the severity of hurricanes and other storms.

It's the 75th anniversary of the creation of Curious George — and the story of his creation is almost as good as the stories of Curious George.

A promising new drug is in Stage 3 trials – and more treatment strategies are in the works.

An investigation by The Intercept has found evidence that foreigners are giving big to candidates in this election cycle. They can get around the law using corporations, as allowed by the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

Russia's opposition likens itself to Michael Phelps facing an extreme challenge. "If you have a champion swimmer, and you fill up the pool with acid, he won't able to swim. But it doesn't mean he's a weak swimmer."

Collection process and scientific rigor are just two things cited as reasons to be skeptical of local law enforcement DNA databases.

The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (CATS) has taken over the Clapham Common subway station. This is what Kickstarter was made for, isn't it?

Water wars aren't new in India. But last week was the first time in recent history that civilians died, after protests turned ugly in the southern city of Bangalore.

In a “living laboratory for disaster,” a social media app is helping Jakartans improve upon the government's response to frequent flooding.

One hundred years ago Thursday, tanks went into battle for the first time. These giant armored killing machines have been a central feature of combat ever since.

United Nations officials say the ceasefire agreement brokered by the US and Russia appears to be working. There’s been a halt to much of the fighting. But UN aid convoys are not able to move, and that could bode ill for the future.

The White Helmets have been nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, but the group is also criticized.

The Civilist host Steven Petrow is an expert on etiquette — and he can't find anything in etiquette rules that supports HB2.

High water in the seas offshore and rivers on land increasingly threatens Indonesia's capital city. The government has big plans to deal with it, but some of the city's poorest residents say the projects will leave them high and dry.

This summer, a movement called #BankBlack encouraged those protesting police brutality to move their money to black-owned banks. Now, those banks are reporting a huge boost.

The Guatemalan singer talks to us about crossing borders to live her dream ... and opening for Ricky Martin as a 10-year-old kid.

The deal says rebels have to separate from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham — formerly al-Qaeda's branch in Syria — so that the US and Russia can bomb it. But for many, that's unthinkable.

Solar and wind power are important, but really solving the climate crisis will take a whole new generation of energy-efficient technologies, and even new companies to develop them. But there's a growing force in the field — the green tech incubator.

When it comes to rescue missions, Mehdi Salehi says every second counts, and he would know.