Donate

Charles Sennott

Christian worshippers from around the world along the Via Dolorosa

Tensions over Jerusalem palpable during Good Friday, Passover celebrations

Conflict

Jerusalem is indeed a city where three faiths come together, but it is also bracing for a big — and what many fear may be a divisive — moment next month when the US embassy will move from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem.

Saudis Without a Cause

Politics
A man hauls a box of blankets during distribution hours in Zaatari refugee camp. First opened on July 23, 2012 as a temporary settlement in Jordan for Syrians fleeing conflict has since turned into a permanent fixture resembling a small city rather than a

Why Jordan is reaching its limits with Syrian refugees

Conflict
A general view of Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt on January 25, 2016.

5th anniversary of Egypt’s revolution ‘a sad day for those of us who really believed’

Conflict
An Afghan boy plays with a balloon at his house in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2014.

Foreverstan: The legacy of America’s longest war in 8 photos from photojournalist Farshad Usyan

Conflict

Why World War I still matters, 100 years after it began

One hundred years after the First World War, boundaries established after the armistice at the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh hour” still shape many of today’s conflicts. From ISIS’s invasion of Mosul to Boko Haram’s kidnapping of schoolgirls, GlobalPost co-founder Charles Sennott journeys from Iraq to Nigeria to the Balkans to Northern Ireland and the Holy Land to see how WWI’s history lives on, the lessons learned — and far too often not learned.

The World

This week’s agenda: debt megotiations, jobs, and unrest in the Middle East

Business, Economics and Jobs

Charlie Herman, business and economics editor for WNYC and The Takeaway and Charles Sennott, executive editor and co-founder of the international news website the Global Post, join us.

The World

Remembering Sally Goodrich

Global Politics

Sally Goodrich has died. She was the mother who lost a son on September 11, the humanitarian who wanted to do good in Afghanistan. Sally Goodrich had been featured on The World, as part of a series reported on by Charles Sennott.

The World

McCrystal replaced in Afghanistan

Conflict & Justice

President Obama is replacing top Afghanistan commander Stanley McChrystal with General David Petraeus, head of the U.S. Central Command. Anchor Jeb Sharp gets details from reporter Charles Sennott in Afghanistan.

The World

Inside the Taliban, Part IV

Conflict & Justice

For the final part of our series on the Taliban, Charles Sennott met with former Taliban leaders and US counter-insurgency experts to try and discover what motivates the Taliban and whether the US military is making progress in understanding them.