Stories for

Medicine
A Liberian describes the hard reality of Ebola: ‘You’re running even from people you love’
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for July 31, 2014
A man holds up an Israeli flag during a pro-Israel demonstration near the United Nations building in New York City, July 28, 2014.
Conflict
How American Jews feel about Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip
A man looks at a poster placed on an advertising board that reads "Yesterday, Braden or Peron - Today: Griesa or Cristina", in Buenos Aires on July 29, 2014. Argentine debt negotiators held talks in New York on Tuesday with the U.S. mediator in the South
Economics
The new Argentine debt crisis resurrects painful memories and fears of economic disaster
General Malik Maliki of the 8th division of Iraq's Federal Police out on patrol on the outskirts of the mostly Shia neighborhood of Khadamiya in north Baghdad. At a checkpoint not far from here, just hours before his visit, a suicide car bomb attack kille
Conflict
Baghdad’s police are just waiting for the next car bombing
General Malik Maliki of the 8th division of Iraq's Federal Police out on patrol on the outskirts of the mostly Shia neighborhood of Khadamiya in north Baghdad. At a checkpoint not far from here, just hours before his visit, a suicide car bomb attack kille
Conflict
Baghdad’s police are just waiting for the next car bombing
Michael Dunleavy walks down an empty aisle of the Market Basket grocery store he manages in Somerville, Mass.
Culture
A beloved grocery chain where immigrants shop and work is now in jeopardy
A Chinese doctor checks the temperature of a passenger on a flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai during the SARS outbreak in 2003. There are now fears that Ebola could spread via travel from West Africa to the rest of the world.
Medicine
Put away the plastic sheets and duct tape — there’s no Ebola outbreak coming to the US
Justice
London launches a program to curb boozy criminals — by making them wear ankle monitors
water mite
Science
Jennifer Lopez has a species of water mite named after her. Really
Conflict
As Gaza burns, some West Bankers are calling for a third intifada
Gal and Rawan in the film by Lisa Gossels "My So-Called Enemy"
Conflict
How two women — an Israeli and a Palestinian — forged a friendship that endures through war
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on air for July 30, 2014
This gaping hole in the Siberian tundra was the first of two recently discovered on Russia's far northern Yamal Peninsula. Scientists say they almost certainly appeared on the landscape only recently, and may be a result of a buildup of gas underground, l
Environment
Scientists are trying to get to the bottom of those mysterious new holes in Siberia
This gaping hole in the Siberian tundra was the first of two recently discovered on Russia's far northern Yamal Peninsula. Scientists say they almost certainly appeared on the landscape only recently, and may be a result of a buildup of gas underground, l
Environment
Scientists are trying to get to the bottom of those mysterious new holes in Siberia
Two former Russian soldiers, Sevold (on the right) and Nikolai (diving), cooling off in a fountain in Moscow's VDNKh Park. Unlike many people in the park, these men expressed some concern about the impact of the new round of sanctions against Russia. But
Global Politics
Are Russians worried about the new sanctions? Not so much
Media
David Duchovny’s pro-Russian beer ad stirs up a controversy
Health workers carry the body of an ebola virus victim in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Health
The death of a key doctor damages the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone
A man reads a publication by a civil society coalition on human rights and constitutional law in Kampala.
Justice
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law could be overturned in the courts
Ross Lockwood. Photo by Lucie Poulet.
Science
What would life on Mars be like? A Canadian scientist spent months in a NASA-built dome to find out
Turkey pic
Culture
Why are Turkish women posting photos of themselves laughing on Twitter?
Music
Here’s a look at KiT, an energetic band from Curaçao
China's then Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang attends the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing. (October 16, 2007 file photo)
Global Politics
It’s official. The ‘Dick Cheney’ of China is a target of Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign
Global Politics
It was once the world’s most important political border — now it’s a bike path
Shanghai Husi Food - a major supplier to many foreign fast-food chains in China, including McDonald's and KFC has been accused of using tainted meat.
Business, Economics and Jobs
A meat scandal in China has customers asking just how safe is Western fast food?
A member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) takes his position during a patrol looking for militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in a neighborhood in Ramadi, July 23, 2014.
Global Politics
Iraq is in serious trouble. Here’s how it got there
Russian-owned VTB Bank will be impacted by EU sanctions against Russia's economy. A monument of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin stands on the top of a building.
Global Politics
With new sanctions, the EU launches a broad economic attack on Russia
A car drives past the remains of a spent ammunition on the suburbs of Donetsk, Tuesday. Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and rebels, as Kiev pressed on with an offensi
Conflict & Justice
A Ukrainian military offensive blocks access to Malaysia Airlines crash site
A car drives past the remains of a spent ammunition on the suburbs of Donetsk, Tuesday. Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and rebels, as Kiev pressed on with an offensi
Conflict & Justice
A Ukrainian military offensive blocks access to Malaysia Airlines crash site
Communist flags are reflected in a lingerie shop window during a traditional Labor Day march in St. Petersburg in 2013.
Global Politics
The Russian government has banned lingerie — for your health
A member of the Kurdish security forces takes up position with his weapon as he guards a section of an oil refinery.
Conflict & Justice
After ISIS advance, Kurds win back important control over northern Iraq’s oil
Xavante indigenous activist Hiparidi Toptiro has been fighting to keep his tribe's protected forests, in Mato Grosso state, safe from farmers looking to expand their soy fields. Toptiro has bullet scars testifying to the dangers of activism in Brazil.
Environment
Activists in Brazil are fighting to protect the environment — and their lives
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on air for July 29, 2014
Children, who are internally displaced due to the fighting between rebels and the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, play inside Al-Tah camp in the southern Idlib countryside July 4, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
Children tell their own grim stories from war zones
Israeli soldiers evacuate a comrade after he was wounded in a Palestinian mortar strike inside Israel on Monday.
Conflict & Justice
Israel’s campaign in Gaza is widening, but the army is unlikely to stay
GazaA Palestinian man salvages belongings from damaged buildings in Gaza City's Shejaia neighborhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive.
Conflict & Justice
A reporter on the ground in Gaza says ‘surgical strikes’ have brought much wider damage
Lifestyle & Belief
Not all Muslims agree on Ramadan’s start and end date
Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema, July 10, 2014.
Health & Medicine
Tensions mount between healthcare workers and Ebola-infected communities in West Africa
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for July 28, 2014
Photos of Salam and his older brother sit on a small table in his family's home, lit only by cell phones and a lantern. Salam says his brother was arbitrarily arrested by Iraqi security forces. The family was initially able to visit him, but it's been mor
Conflict & Justice
A Sunni man in Baghdad says his life is ‘like the walking dead’
Environment
First the World Cup, now an aquarium? Some Brazilians say a new US-backed project isn’t needed
A billboard for soybeans in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The region is likely to make Brazil the world's top producer of soybeans, but the boom in production has come at the same time as a rise in deforestation.
Environment
Brazil is set to become the world’s biggest soy producer — and that might be bad news for its forests
Music heard on air for Friday, July 25, 2014
Israeli police stand guard behind as Palestinians pray on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan outside of the Old City in Jerusalem, on July 25, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
John Kerry is working all the angles to sell a ceasefire, but nobody’s buying it
Dhalpurie roti served with pumpkin, potato and goat meat curry.
Lifestyle & Belief
What Caribbean island is known for its traditional bread dish, roti?
Haleh
Global Politics
For journalists in Iran, being arrested is an all-too-common occurrence
An Iraqi Christian boy fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul, stands inside the Church in Telkaif, near Mosul.
Conflict & Justice
It’s a lonely Ramadan in Baghdad, but here’s why one mother is staying put
Jay Abdo
Arts, Culture & Media
This Syrian actor went from delivering pizza to co-staring in a movie with Nicole Kidman
Flying around Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Airlines face a major challenge flying around Ukraine — it’s huge
Every year, a massive jousting tournament is held at Kaltenberg Castle.
Arts, Culture & Media
A Bavarian prince opens up his castle for a jousting tournament
An artist's impression of feathered dinosaurs
Environment
Was T. Rex actually pink and covered in feathers?
Ashraf Abdulahad
Conflict & Justice
Iraqi Christians in California are safely out of Mosul, but they are still affected by ISIS
temp
Global Politics
When this Palestinian man first came to the US, the bus rides were tough but ‘The Patriot’ gave him hope
Music heard on the air for Thursday, July 24, 2014
MH17
Global Politics
Why Vladimir Putin likes to create problems only he can solve
A Palestinian man holds a girl at a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. Medics said she was injured in shelling at a U.N-run school sheltering Palestinian refugees on July 24, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
After civilians are killed at a UN school in Gaza, Palestinians wonder if any place is safe
Health & Medicine
Why contraception might be a way out of poverty for Filipino families
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday. So far, his government has enjoyed the support of the Israeli people in the conflict with Hamas.
Conflict & Justice
Quiet dissent over Gaza stirs in Israel
Environment
‘Super ants’ are on a potentially deadly march in England
Environment
‘Super ants’ are on a potentially deadly march in England