Asia

This selfie is in the toilet: Actor Akshay Kumar poses with the object of his bride's affection in the new movie Toilet: A Love Story.

A Toilet Is The Star Of India's Hit Rom-Com

3:10pm September 07, 2017

by Kamala Thiagarajan

She loves him. He loves her. But she loves indoor toilets even more. And he is not a fan. Can they find happiness? The plot of Toilet: A Love Story addresses a very real issue in rural India.

World News

Human Rights Watch Analyst On The Violence In Myanmar

8:11am September 07, 2017

Richard Weir is an Asia analyst with Human Rights Watch. He talks with Rachel Martin about recent satellite photos that the group says show a burned Rohingya village in Myanmar.

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Trump Pledges To Withdraw From U.S.-South Korea Trade Agreement

4:58pm September 06, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

President Trump says he wants to begin withdrawing from the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. The pact was supposed to help U.S. companies sell more to Korea, but the trade gap is wider than it was when it took effect. The reasons have to do with regulations in Korea, the relatively weak economy in Korea and the U.S. consumer's love of spending.

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Erin Rehm receives the American flag from Vice Adm. Jan Tighe during the graveside service for her husband, U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Rehm Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 16. He was one of seven sailors killed on June 17 when the

A Hero's Story From The Scramble To Survive On The USS Fitzgerald

4:58pm September 06, 2017

by Greg Myre

On June 17, sailors were jolted awake as seawater surged in after a collision. They had minutes to escape. Seven didn't make it. One of them, Gary Rehm, saved a shipmate before he became trapped.

In May 1962, the U.S. conducted its first and only test of a nuclear-tipped missile. Some worry North Korea could try something similar.

How North Korea's Nuclear Tests Could Get Even More Terrifying

3:37pm September 06, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

North Korea has so far tested its missiles and its nukes separately. But some experts worry Pyongyang may decide to put the two together into a single test.

Durga has just earned her undergraduate degree. Because of her accomplishment, the groom and his family have said they no longer consider her a good match. "They are scared of an educated bride," says Durga's father, Lumbaram.

Health & Safety

Whatever Happened To ... The Father Who Wants To Undo The Child Marriage He Set Up?

12:12pm September 06, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

He forced his 15-year-old daughter to marry a man in his 40s with little education and a reputation for drinking — and knew it was a mistake.

World News

Analysts: U.S. Unlikely To End Trade With China Over North Korea

8:16am September 06, 2017

by Jackie Northam

President Trump threatened to cut off trade to any nation doing business with North Korea after it tested a nuclear weapon. The warning was clearly aimed at China.

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Rough Translation: American Surrogates

8:16am September 06, 2017

by Marianne McCune

Wealthy Chinese woman are hiring Americans to be surrogate moms. We explore how the relationship between a Chinese woman and her American surrogate changed during a particularly difficult pregnancy.

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World News

North Korea Promises More 'Gift Packages' For The U.S.

8:15am September 06, 2017

David Greene talks to Suzanne DiMaggio, a senior fellow at the think tank New America and who held talks with North Korean officials this year, about how Trump should handle the North Korean threat.

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Smoke and flames in Myamar are seen from the Bangladeshi side of the border on Sunday.

World News

'I Just Knew To Run To Save My Life': Nearly 125,000 Rohingya Flee Myanmar

6:30pm September 05, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Observers expect that number to grow. Myanmar's crackdown on the Muslim minority has prompted outrage around the world, including ire directed at its civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.