The World's host Marco Werman spoke to Lynn Rusten, vice president of global nuclear policy at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, about the New START treaty's extension and the urgency of follow-up agreements.
News that Olympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder has left residents of South Africa reeling.
South Africa passed legislation in the year 2000 to curb gun ownership and has seen a significant decline in gun deaths since then, but gun violence still remains a major problem.
The NRA has been influential in shaping gun policy in the U.S. over the years. And it's reaching out internationally as well. The World's Arun Rath has been looking into the NRA's international interests. He speaks with anchor Marco Werman.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' controversial Fast and Furious program took a hit yesterday as Kenneth E. Melson, the acting director of the Phoenix office, stepped down along with the U.S. Attorney in Arizona, Dennis K. Burke.
According to a new Congressional report released yesterday, more than 70 percent of the guns detained in Mexico the past two years, originated in the U.S. James Grimaldi, reporter for The Washington Post, has been tracking gun trafficking for years.
Anchor Marco Werman talks with Matt Schroeder, director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists, about the complicated issue of arming the rebels in Libya.
Monica Ortiz Uribe reports on a New Mexico border town that was once attacked by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. It's in the news now because some local officials were arrested on charges of smuggling guns into Mexico. Which town?
Two months have passed since the deadly shooting in Tucson, Ariz., amd many proposals are out there to reform gun laws -- but not all of them are what you might expect. How are Arizona residents reacting to this trend?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in China today. He is trying to mend badly strained military relations. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing.
The Senate is Washington has approved a nuclear arms pact with Russia. The treaty requires the US and Russia to cut their nuclear warheads by 30%. The World's Alex Gallafent takes a look back on the evolution of US/Russian diplomacy over nuclear weapons.