Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Pakistan joins the list of countries struggling to cope with financial problems. Now it's scrambling for an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund. Anchor Katy Clark finds out more from Pakistani journalist Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy who is in Toronto.

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's video about a new generation of female politicians in Pakistan

The global financial storm is hitting people in Asia. One group has special reason for concern...migrant workers. Rebecca Henschke reports from Jakarta, Indonesia.

Global financial crisis

The volatile economic climate is causing a reverse migration in the United States. Some foreign workers who sought their fortune in the U.S. are now considering going home. Correspondent Deepak Singh reports from Charlottesville, Virginia on the Indian community there.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad speaks with people on the streets of Beijing to get a Chinese perspective on the upcoming U.S. election.

Fruitsellers in Xian

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all signed on to a new set of guidelines for doing business in countries where Internet repression is the norm. It's called the Global Network Initiative, and The World's Technology Correspondent Clark Boyd tells anchor Katy Clark all about it.

The Syrian government today ordered the closure of an American school and a U.S. cultural center in its capital city, Damascus. The move is in response to what Syria claims was an unlawful U.S. attack inside its territory. The World's Matthew Bell has more.

Katy Clark speaks with the BBC's Martin Patience about reports that the United States is interested in talking to members of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Taliban resurgence

Host Katy Clark profiles a female entrepreneur from Afghanistan who has overcome many challenges to develop her fuel distribution business.

Our daily geography quiz.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is al-Ram, a Palestinian city in the West Bank. The Palestinian national soccer team this week played its first home game ever in the city's newly-built stadium. Katy Clark finds out more from the BBC's Aleem Maqbool.