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State of the World from NPR

Immerse yourself in the most compelling and consequential stories from around the globe. The world i

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With the U.S. undertaking a tariff war with countries like China, India sees and opening. As goods f

In a part of Syria that had been a stronghold of deposed dictator Bashar Al-Assad, there has been a

Mark Carney once lead the central bank of Canada and then was tapped to do the same job in England.

In many parts of the world skin whitening is a major industry, but women in Nigeria have a particula

Leaders of the European Union have voted to approve a plan to dramatically increase defense spending

Today we take a break from the serious and often depressing international news beat to bring you the

The Trump administration has made good on it's threat to apply 25% tariffs to the two biggest U.S. t

Our correspondent takes a look at the near future of the the war with Hamas in Gaza through the eyes

A Palestinian man serving 18 life sentences for a pair of bus bombings in 2004 speaks to NPR days af

The Trump administration has been dismantling the US Agency for International Development, and the h

Brazilians are flocking to the theaters to see its Oscar-nominated film I Am Still Here. It tells th

During the Assad regimes, Western nations placed crippling economic sanctions on the country. Some h

The man poised to become Germany's new Chancellor says the US administration doesn't care about the

We remember Paquita la del Barrio, who sang about romantic heartbreak and the pain of infidelity, sp

After 14 years of a devastating civil war, Syria is in the process of reinventing itself. One big qu

Germany's economy boomed as the world underwent globalization. But since then, too little investment

Ireland considers becoming the first western country to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the Oc

Members of the Trump Administration will meet with counterparts from Russia this week to discuss a p

Syria is reinventing itself following a 14-year bloody civil war and the rapid crumbling of the regi

Giving a bouquet of flowers to your beloved is a classic Valentine's Day gesture of love. But as we