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Pakistan ‘Memogate’: Haqqani Travel Ban Lifted

By The World ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Husain Haqqani (Photo: WebStrong Group/Wiki Commons)

Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US is free to return to his family in the United States. Husain Haqqani spent the past three months in Pakistan under order not to leave the country while being investigated for his alleged involvement in a controversial memo asking the Pentagon to help curb the Pakistani Army.

Iran Remains Defiant After Test-Firing Two Long Range Missiles

By The World ⋅ January 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Iran says it has successfully test-fired two long-range missiles during naval exercises in the Gulf. (Photo: Reuters/NewsLook)

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Mohsen Asgari in Tehran about the latest news that Iran test-fired two long range missiles and has produced that country’s first nuclear fuel rods.

2011: The World in Protests

By Manya Gupta ⋅ December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

The World in Protests

[Interactive Graphic] The World’s coverage of the protests, demonstrations and revolutions, from the ‘Arab Spring’ to the ‘Occupy’ protests, as they happened.

The Impact of New Sanctions on Iran

By The World ⋅ December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

The IAEA (Photo: BBC)

As concerns over Iran’s nuclear ambitions continue to rise, the US and other European countries are contemplating new sanctions against Tehran’s oil sector.

China Marks the Passing of Kim Jong Il

By Mary Kay Magistad ⋅ December 20, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Kim Jong-il (Photo: Kremlin.ru/Wikipedia)

How Chinese authorities are handling the news of the death of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il.

Global Forecast: Stormy Weather

By Peter Thomson ⋅ November 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

The news about climate change comes rather like snowflakes in a blizzard—from all directions at once, and accumulating in such overwhelming amounts and impact that it can be hard to know where to start digging out [...]

Obama Decides to Hold Off Deciding on Massive Pipeline

By Carol Hills ⋅ November 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Gary Clement - Obama - Pipeline

President Obama decides to hold off deciding on a massive pipeline that would carry oil from Canadian tar sands in Alberta through six states before reaching Texas’ Gulf coast. Canadian cartoonist Gary Clement thinks he knows why.

Bavaria to Evict American Cold War Era Cultural House

By The World ⋅ September 13, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

The words "Amerika Haus" are emblazoned on the door to the library. When it opened in 1946, Munich's Amerika Haus provided one of the first public libraries to Germans after years of Nazi censorship. (Photo: Tom Dreisbach)

The Amerika Häuser were places for Germans to learn more about America.

Harder US Line on Syria

By The World ⋅ August 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

President Barack Obama (photo: White House)

The US has been pressing for tougher international sanctions against the Assad regime.

US and Mexico Sign Cross-Border Trucking Agreement

By The World ⋅ July 7, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

(Photo: PRA)

The deal allows US and Mexican commercial trucks to cross the border in either direction.

US Government Officials Talk With the Taliban

By The World ⋅ June 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

(Photo: Bluuurgh)

Representatives from the United States have reportedly met with members of the Taliban at least three times since past November.

Spanish Claim on Coca Cola

By Gerry Hadden ⋅ May 26, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Transcript

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A bottle of Cola Coca liquor from the early 20th Century. (Photo: Gerry Hadden)

Credit for Coke’s secret recipe goes to an American pharmacist named John Pemberton. But if you ask around a certain tiny village in southeast Spain, people tell a different story. They say they invented Coke first. The World’s Gerry Hadden went to Ayelo to learn more. Download MP3

Slideshow: Spanish Claim on Coca Cola

Poland Wants US Travel Visa-Free

By The World ⋅ May 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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President Barack Obama will be in Poland Friday, but people there may not be that happy to see him. Poles are frustrated that the United States still requires them to get a visa to visit the country, something that residents of almost no other European country have to do. Dave McGuire reports from Warsaw. Download MP3

US-Pakistan Relations Tense Amid Chicago Trial

By The World ⋅ May 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer currently at the Brookings Institution, about continuing tensions in the US-Pakistan relationship. Download MP3

Video: Confessed American Terrorist Details Plans for Chilling Plot

Fate of Deportees in Liberia

By The World ⋅ May 16, 2011 ⋅ 9 comments ⋅ Transcript

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Immigration will be a major point of discussion for the new Congress. But treatment of deported immigrants, once they are deported, is often not debated. Correspondent Deepa Fernandes looks at how the African nation of Liberia has been treating, and often imprisoning, some people deported from the US. Download MP3