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A rise in water-related conflicts around the world

Conflict & Justice

The past couple of years have seen a major uptick in water-related conflicts globally. Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute is attending World Water Week in Stockholm and speaks with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler about the role water plays in global conflict.

‘Our community is terrified’: A faith leader talks about what it means to be a Palestinian Christian in the US

Israel-Hamas war

Gaza war is putting Egyptian-Israeli relations to the test

Israel-Hamas war
People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024.

Aid worker says they can’t operate after 7 World Center Kitchen staffers are killed in Israeli strike

Israel-Hamas war
Empty alleyway and two blue doors

Christmas is canceled in Bethlehem

Global Security
people amid explosion

A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israel-Hamas war

The Middle East has seen decades of unrest, much of it stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The current Israel-Hamas war is the latest outbreak of violence that threatens lasting peace across the region and the globe. The World has compiled a timeline of key events in the conflict.

Students walk through a gate at Harvard University, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass.

Colleges struggle to balance free speech, international politics and public safety amid Israel-Hamas conflict

The World's Global Classroom

US colleges and universities are grappling with divisive international issues while pledging to create spaces for free expression

Palestinians inspect their house which was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Aug. 8, 2022. 

As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts

Over three days of fighting, 44 Palestinians were killed, including 15 children and four women, and 311 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Shawan Jabarin, director of the al-Haq human rights group, at the organization's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah

Israeli designation of 6 NGOs as terrorist organizations ‘criminalizes’ civil society work, media consultant says

Human rights

Nour Odeh, a media consultant based in Ramallah and former spokesperson for the Palestinian Prime Minister’s Office, discussed the move with The World’s host Carol Hills.

Empty green desks and chairs in a classroom with a chalkboard at the front

Gunmen abduct 150 schoolgirls in Nigeria

Top of The World

Gunmen abduct 150 schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. And a Honduras court finds former energy executive Roberto David Castillo guilty of planning the murder of environmental activist Berta Cáceres in 2016. Also, Israel’s parliament blocks the extension of a law that bars citizenship or permanent residency for Palestinians who marry Israeli citizens.