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State of the World from NPR

State of the World from NPR

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The roots of the Mexican music known as fandango

Oct 9, 20267 min

Gaza, three years after the war there began

Oct 8, 20267 min

3 years after the Hamas-led attacks, Israelis are returning to areas near Gaza

Oct 7, 20266 min

Afghanistan 25 years after the U.S. invasion

Oct 6, 20266 min

Russia changes what it is attacking in Ukraine’s capital

Oct 5, 20264 min

Brazil’s election turns on the fight against crime

Oct 2, 20265 min

Remembering London’s Pearly King of Peckham

Oct 1, 20266 min

U.S. military officially leaves Iraq

Oct 1, 20266 min

U.S. demands action on Nicaraguan decision to end elections

Sep 29, 20264 min

Turkey’s quest for Mideast power

Sep 28, 20266 min

Remembering Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour

Sep 25, 20267 min

The pope visits France. Barbeque unites on South Africa’s Heritage Day

Sep 25, 20268 min

Xi Jinping's White House visit: Shifting Chinese views & skirting Iran oil sanctions

Sep 23, 20268 min

Unsafe medical practices drive a rise in child HIV cases in Pakistan

Sep 22, 20266 min

What role does the United Nations play now?

Sep 21, 20269 min

A Russian election and a warning to Europe about Russian aggression

Sep 18, 20267 min

Russia is blackmailing the families of Ukrainian POWs

Sep 17, 20265 min

The romance between Canada and the European Union gets serious

Sep 16, 20264 min

Why are people in Turkey hoarding gold?

Sep 15, 20266 min

A Palestinian writer’s secret effort to preserve his diary

Sep 14, 20266 min

The long tail of the 9/11 attacks for one Afghan family

Sep 11, 20268 min

We go to the part of southern Lebanon that Israel now controls

Sep 10, 20264 min

What is the future of U.S. military bases in the Middle East?

Sep 9, 20266 min

The UK pushes back on Israeli settlements; a far-right win in Germany

Sep 8, 20268 min

Encore: The promise and frustration of a future economic powerhouse in West Africa

Sep 7, 20266 min

The humble Scottish breakfast with rich cultural significance

Sep 4, 20268 min

The souring relationship between Trump and Netanyahu

Sep 3, 20264 min

Russia’s increased attacks on Kyiv and its partnership with Iran

Sep 2, 20267 min

Rescuing those still trapped by flash floods in Nepal and Tibet

Sep 1, 20265 min

Will the U.S. really control Venezuelan oil?

Aug 31, 20268 min

Life in Iran after six months of war

Aug 28, 20265 min

How Israeli and American attitudes towards each other have changed

Aug 27, 20264 min

Congolese designers push fashion in a different direction

Aug 26, 20264 min

Chinese workers fight back against AI; the meaning of milk in Rwanda

Aug 25, 20268 min

Will the Trump Administration’s latest economic pressure on Iran work?

Aug 24, 202612 min

Are U.S. embassies in the Middle East weakened?

Aug 21, 20264 min

Surprising political effects of Europe’s heat waves

Aug 20, 20264 min

Iraq is caught between Washington and Tehran

Aug 19, 20264 min

Charm and charges for India’s youth

Aug 18, 20265 min

Israeli settlers besiege a West Bank house owned by a U.S. citizen

Aug 17, 20265 min

Heavy environmental toll of war in southern Lebanon

Aug 14, 20266 min

China's courts side with AI-displaced workers but job anxiety persists

Aug 13, 20264 min

Pacific marine monuments lose environmental protections

Aug 12, 20268 min

Count Binface runs against Reform Party’s Farage in UK election

Aug 11, 20265 min

Syria’s archaeological riches face threat of looting

Aug 10, 20267 min

Why does Switzerland have so many nuclear bunkers?

Aug 7, 20267 min

The Iran war hangs over a major Shiite pilgrimage

Aug 6, 20265 min

Israeli settler activity increases in the West Bank

Aug 5, 20268 min

Why Russia’s strikes on Ukraine are more intense; Germany’s song of the summer

Aug 4, 20268 min

Looking back at the deadly protests in Iran

Aug 3, 20268 min