Displacement

June 18, 2021

Top of The World: More than 350 doctors and medical workers in Indonesia have contracted COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. And, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his government to prepare for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States. Also, a new report by the UN refugee agency UNHCR shows that millions of people were displaced around the world in 2020.

Conflict & Justice

Russia's vote at UN could cut off humanitarian aid to northwest Syria

The World

June 15, 2021

Millions of people could be cut off from assistance if the Bab al-Hawa crossing, along the border between Turkey and Syria, closes. Basma Alloush, policy and advocacy adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council, spoke with The World's Marco Werman about what's at stake.

Migration

'It’s un-British': UK government crackdown on asylum courts controversy

The World

June 14, 2021

Since late last year, the British government has been putting male asylum-seekers arriving on dinghies from France in a former base called the Napier barracks. Earlier this month, a high court judge ruled that the government acted unlawfully.

Top of The World

Tigrayans say food is being used as a 'weapon of war'

The World

June 11, 2021

Over 350,000 people in the Tigray region face starvation due to food blockages and theft; G-7 leaders pledge global vaccine-sharing commitments; Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleads guilty on three charges.

Conflict & Justice

The word ‘apartheid’ is used to describe Israel’s control over Palestinians. Why is it so loaded?

The World

June 08, 2021

Human rights groups have used the term apartheid strategically to emphasize the need for a paradigm shift in the region. But others argue that the loaded term doesn’t apply.

Violence

Rising anger as youth get caught up in Tigray war

Associated Press

June 07, 2021

Hawzen, a rural town in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, is a microcosm of the challenge facing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — and a warning that the war here is unlikely to end anytime soon.

Top of The World

Keiko Fujimori leads in tight presidential runoff in Peru

The World

June 07, 2021

Keiko Fujimori leads in a tight presidential runoff in Peru, with Pedro Castillo trailing close behind. And, at least 160 people are dead after an attack at a local market in Burkina Faso. Also, Google agrees to change its global advertising business after France slaps it with a multi-million-dollar fine.

Syrians outraged by WHO board election: ‘It’s like appointing a mass murderer to be the police chief’

The World

June 04, 2021

The news that Syria has been appointed to the World Health Organization's executive board has outraged many Syrians who feel the Assad regime should be held accountable for war crimes.