The World is broadcast on ABC News 24 at 10pm AEST. Beverley O'Connor brings you the day's national and international news, with reports from the ABC's network of reporters and international correspondents.
Monday to Friday, The World offers a forum for extended news stories, interviews and insights from around the world.
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South Australia's energy problems come at a time when much of the world is transitioning to renewable energy.
Topics: alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, sa, australia, asia
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Several other US states are expected to join federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland and block US President Donald Trump's new travel ban.
Topics: refugees, world-politics, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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The latest opinion poll has found three-quarters of French voters want conservative candidate Francois Fillon to end his bid to become the country's next president.
Topics: world-politics, elections, france
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The Dutch Prime Minister says the Netherlands has rejected the wrong kind of populism, as he celebrates victory in Parliamentary elections.
Topics: world-politics, elections, netherlands
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his first trip to Asia.
Topics: world-politics, japan, united-states
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Donald Trump has come up against increasing legal pressures on his policies.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, united-states, hawaii
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China's e-commerce market boasts more than 650 million buyers who spend a combined $779 billion annually... So you can understand why Australian businesses are keen to get a slice of the action.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, china
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Tim Wagemakers, a journalist who was one of the organisers of a series of public debates in the lead up to The Netherlands election, speaks to The World.
Topics: elections, netherlands
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Dutch voters head to the polls tomorrow in an election seen as a test of anti-immigration and populist politics in Europe.
Topics: world-politics, elections, immigration, netherlands, european-union
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The British parliament has passed the Brexit bill, paving the way for the government to trigger article 50 so the UK can leave the European Union.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, united-kingdom, european-union
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The United States says it's begun taking defensive measures to protect its allies from North Korea.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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The thumping victory by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party in India's most politically prized state has strengthened his claim to a second term as national leader.
Topics: elections, world-politics, india, asia
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Several EU leaders have taken aim at Turkey after the country threatened reprisals over being banned from holding rallies in several European countries.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, turkey, netherlands
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Malaysian police say they have formally identified the man killed at Kuala Lumpur airport as Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un
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South Korea's prime minister is calling for calm, after two people died taking part in protests against the impeachment of ousted president Park Gyeun-Hye.
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