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State of emergency

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan

New restrictive regulations in Egypt will shut down access to independent information, legal director says

Free speech

Egypt’s new amendments to its national terrorism law will reinstate military powers that curtail human rights and free speech. Mai El-Sadany, the legal director at the Tahrir Institute of Middle East Policy in Washington discusses the development with The World’s host Marco Werman.

A general view of Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt

Egypt ends its state of emergency amid intense criticism of its human rights record

Global Politics
A gas station is empty because the gas pumps are out of service in Tehran, Iran, after a widespread outage of a system that allows consumers to buy fuel with a government-issued card

Iran faces widespread gas station outage, believed to be a cyberattack.

Top of The World
A white man splays his arms in front of a podium with the US presidential seal

Can Congress or the courts reverse Trump’s national emergency?

George W. Bush holds a loud speaker in his hand.

The US is currently in 31 other national emergencies. Here’s what that means.

Global Politics
Donald Trump holds up on hand while standing behind a podium

What happens if Trump declares a state of emergency to get his border wall?

Politics

President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of declaring an emergency over the current crisis at the US-Mexico border. What would that entail, exactly?

Malala

Malala calls for a ‘state of emergency for education’ in Nigeria

Culture

The 20-year-old global education campaigner made the suggestion at a meeting with acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa in Abuja.

Climate activists formed a 2-mile human chain Sunday along Parisian sidewalks after authorities banned a full-fledged climate march following the Nov. 13 attacks in the French capital. Demonstrators said they were determined to find ways to express their

France bans marches, but climate activists make their voices heard

Environment

As world leaders arrive for a global climate conference in a city that’s locked down following the November 13 terrorist attacks, climate activists look for ways — legal and otherwise — to make their voices heard

Chaos in Egypt After Army Storms Pro-Morsi Camps

Conflict & Justice

Scores have been killed and many injured in Egypt today after the army went in to clear the camps of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Meanwhile the interim government has declared a month-long state of emergency.

State of emergency in Bangkok

Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, is under emergency rule following overnight clashes between rival political supporters.