Omar Duwaji is a producer at The World.Duwaji has reported on the 2016 US election cycle, the ongoing refugee crisis, race and segregation in Chicago, decline of coal mining in Appalachia, gentrification in San Francisco and assimilation of Syrian refugees in the US.Duwaji has worked in the field and in the studio for AJ+, AlJazeera English and BuzzFeed News.
US urges restraint and deescalation as Israel and Iran trade attacks
Israel carried out another attack on Iran, this time on the city of Isfahan. It follows Iran’s firing of hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel for Israel’s strike on the Iranian Embassy complex in Syria. US officials have urged restraint and a deescalation of tensions. The World’s host Carol Hills speaks with Ali Vaez, the Iran project director for the International Crisis Group.
US places rare visa travel restrictions on Israeli settlers implicated in West Bank violence
It’s considered a rare punishment of Israelis by the US and comes as settler violence is on the rise. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Hadar Susskind, president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, about the history of the settlers and their political influence with current government.
Guatemala’s newly elected president faces legal challenges
Guatemala is facing political turmoil following legal challenges posed to the country’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo. On Thursday, prosecutors moved to remove him and his party members of their immunity for allegedly making social media posts encouraging students to take over a university last year. Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joined The World to talk about why and how this political development has unfolded and what it means for the country.
Tanks for Ukraine are ‘ready to go’ when Germany and US strike a deal, retired Navy Adm. says
As Germany faces mounting pressure to supply tanks to Kyiv for the ongoing war in Ukraine, retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about what the delivery of heavy weapons could mean for the war.
‘Haiti has zero elected officials’ as cholera, gang violence persist, journalist says
As of Monday, Haiti no longer has any democratically elected government officials, after the terms for the remaining senators in government expired. Journalist Widlore Mérancourt, editor-in-chief of AyiboPost, discusses the worsening situation with The World’s host Marco Werman.