Climate change already impacting human health in Pakistan

China's Foreign Ministry said the craft was a lost civilian balloon, the same explanation it gave for a suspected spy balloon that drifted over the US.

The sheer scale of the devastation of the earthquake and its aftershocks can be seen in social media photos and videos posted by people in Turkey and Syria. Eyewitnesses have also been speaking about what happened. BBC News has been pulling together and verifying information. The tremors of the main...

The case almost sounds like something out of a second-rate comedy film. But a man in Singapore is actually suing a woman for refusing to date him. He is asking for $2 million in damages for "emotional distress." He's not expected to win the case, but human rights advocates say it's still troubling that the case has gone as far as it has already. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's correspondent in Southeast Asia, Patrick Winn.

Host Marco Werman has an update on the news from Turkey and Syria, where two big earthquakes hit early this morning. The death toll is rising dramatically, with at least 2,900 people killed and many thousands more injured. More than 20 countries are sending search-and-rescue personnel to the affected area on Turkey's border with Syria.

As the death toll continues to climb beyond 5,000 after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck large parts of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday — with tremors felt in neighboring countries — rescue efforts are underway to help those affected and retrieve people trapped under the rubble. Thousands...

The US missile that downed a Chinese surveillance balloon Saturday off the South Carolina coast may have taken with it efforts to repair US-China relations. But David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist, tells The World’s Marco Werman that optimists might see the incident as a “wake-up call” for officials from both sides to create mechanisms for crisis management.

Iran’s government plans on pardoning thousands of people held in its prisons. Who exactly is set to be pardoned remains unclear, however. Thousands of people are thought to have been locked up since anti-government protests began late last year. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Ali Vaez, director of the Iran project at the International Crisis Group.

The island nation of Kiribati says it will return to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), ending more than six months of turmoil for the strategic bloc that represents nearly 20 nations and territories across the Pacific Ocean. Fiji's Prime Minister Sitivini Rabuka confirmed last week that Kiribati President Taneti Maamau...