World Nov 24 Migrants used as pawns in E.U.’s geopolitical tug-of-war return home traumatized Thousands of migrants remain trapped at the border between Belarus and Poland — with many living without shelter amid winter conditions. They're pawns in a standoff between the leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenka, and the European Union. Producer Ali Rogin…
World Nov 12 U.N. says Ethiopia to ease blockade of aid for Tigray, but no official agreement in sight The United Nations says the Ethiopian government promises to ease its de facto blockade on the northern territory of Tigray, where hundreds of thousands are facing famine after a year of conflict. Nick Schifrin has the story.
World Nov 10 EU says Lukashenko using refugee crisis to ‘destabilize’ region, overwhelm Polish border This week, thousands of refugees from across the developing world tried to enter Poland by crossing its border with Belarus, its neighbor to the east. But the European Union says this is not only a case of desperate families fleeing…
World Nov 04 How conflict between Tigrayan, Ethiopian forces is destabilizing the region The U.S. State Department is now allowing non-essential workers and family members to leave Ethiopia as rebel forces from the Northern Tigray region approach the capital. The two sides and their allies have been fighting for exactly one year, and…
World Oct 20 Idlib, Syria’s final rebel stronghold, struggles to get lifesaving aid amid COVID spike Government shelling killed a dozen people in Syria’s northwest Idlib province Wednesday. Idlib is the final stronghold for rebels still fighting the Assad regime. But the province is also under attack from a different threat — its most severe wave…
World Oct 19 Many Jews fleeing Nazi rule spent years hiding in forests. A new book tells their stories During the early Nazi occupation of Europe, they forced more than a million Jews to live and work in ghettos. Most were killed in a brutal process called liquidation, or sent to concentration camps. Some 25,000 Jews escaped the ghettos…
World Oct 07 American diplomats not getting fully paid because of IT problem For almost a year, many State Department employees, including those serving in some of the world’s most dangerous posts, have been receiving incomplete or inaccurate paychecks because of problems with a new payroll processing system. “We’ve been so stressed,” said…
World Sep 30 Mozambicans fleeing IS-affiliated insurgents feel failed by government, exploited by big business The Southeast African nation of Mozambique is being terrorized by "Al Shabaab," an ISIS-affiliated insurgency that has killed 3,000 people and displaced many more. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, special correspondent Neha Wadekar and filmmaker Ed Ram report…
Science Sep 23 U.S. and E.U. climate envoys on how China, developing nations can help combat crisis The U.N. warns that unless the world acts faster than promised, Earth's temperatures will rise to catastrophic, irreversible levels. The U.S. calls the upcoming climate summit the last chance for the world to avoid disaster. Nick Schifrin discusses the crisis…
World Sep 09 Many Afghans haven’t eaten in weeks as Taliban rule triggers humanitarian crisis An international commercial flight took off from the Kabul airport Thursday for the first since the Taliban seized the country. On the evacuation flight were 200 foreigners, among them Americans. But they leave behind a country in a humanitarian crisis.