Military

In the city of its birth, Jews reject Zionism

Sacred Nation

Among Jewish people around the world, there’s a growing movement that’s challenging the pairing of Zionism with Judaism. In Vienna, Austria, where the idea of modern political Zionism was born, Jewish organizers held a first-of-its-kind congress to challenge the idea.

Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites and kills its top generals. Iran vows ‘severe’ retaliation

Conflict & Justice

Ukrainian military chaplains tend to soldiers and others at risk amid the ongoing fighting

Sacred Nation

Deportations create tensions between the US and Latin America, with China possibly benefiting from the situation

Immigration

Ukraine is taking the fight to Russia

Ukraine

Thousands flee their homes in northeast Colombia amid worst security crisis in a decade

Conflict & Justice

A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia’s government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s largest rebel groups as fears mount that fighting between rebel groups in the Catatumbo region could spread to other parts of the country.

Ukraine’s Radio ROKS: heavy metal —and hackers — for brothers in arms

Ukraine

Before the invasion of Ukraine, Serhii Zenin was the host of one of the nation’s most popular hard rock radio shows on Radio ROKS 103.6. Some three years later, Serhii is a soldier and Radio ROKS has taken on a whole new role.

Many Palestinians in Gaza have no homes left to return to

Israel-Hamas war

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold, Palestinians have been making their way back to their homes in Gaza. But many of them are finding that their homes are gone. The UN estimates that 70% of the total structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed and that it could take decades just to clear the rubble.

A new wave of violence in the West Bank amid Gaza ceasefire

Conflict & Justice

The West Bank continues to see increasing violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians. Host Marco Werman speaks with Hugh Lovatt, a senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about what’s behind the recent violence.

Growing number of governments using counterterrorism to justify targeting dissidents abroad

Justice

A growing number of countries repressing dissidents beyond their own borders includes a NATO ally of the US: Turkey. A Washington Post report finds that the tactics and language justifying these actions are pulled from the post-9/11 counterterrorism playbook. Host Marco Werman speaks with Fionnuala Ni Aolain, a former UN special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism.