Conflict & Justice

International Cricket Council pledges funding, support for Afghanistan’s exiled cricketers

Sports

Afghanistan’s national women’s cricket team was formed in 2020, prompted by the rules of the International Cricket Council, which stated that countries must have both a men’s and a women’s team. The ICC hasn’t officially recognized the women’s team since the Taliban returned to power, but it has now pledged funding to help the team.

Bhutanese refugees stuck in Nepal remain in limbo

Refugees

‘I can do what I can to save people’: This chief rabbi stayed in Ukraine to help people and honor his son who died in battle  

Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

Conflict & Justice

The lawyers in Russia representing political prisoners despite the risks 

Ukraine

US and Syrian officials visit each other’s countries as Damascus finds footing on global stage

Syria

The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) about his recent trip to Syria, the first visit by US lawmakers since the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Nearly 3 million immigrants got amnesty under Reagan. Some of them still work on Washington state farms.

Immigration

Nearly 3 million immigrants got amnesty under President Ronald Reagan. It had certain requirements. Among them, people had to prove they weren’t guilty of a crime and had lived here at least five years. Some of the immigrants granted amnesty still work on farms in Washington state.

‘Nowhere is safe’: The teenage guitarists who fled Afghanistan — and are now in limbo

Conflict & Justice

A group of Afghan teenage girls once found hope through music. They were then forced to escape Taliban rule and take refuge in Pakistan. Now, Pakistan wants to send them back.

How can we assess public opinion in Russia during wartime?

Lifestyle & Belief

How does one gauge public opinion in an authoritarian country, especially during war? This has been an ongoing debate among journalists, sociologists, researchers, and experts who study Russia. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports on their findings.

Migrants deported by the US to Panama are still looking for a country to call home

Migration

In February, the US deported nearly 300 asylum-seekers to Panama. Most of the deportees had come to the US not from Panama, but from Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia, in many cases fleeing civil wars and religious persecution. In Panama, some religious institutions have taken them in.