BlueWorld.org is a world geography web site for people who want to know more about the regions and countries that make up our world. It was designed to help researchers, students, and laypersons find information and news from the many nations of our world, quickly, easily, and in one place. Use the menus above to get started.
The site is still a work in progress, so expect new countries to be added over time.
World News Headlines
- He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case
on April 9, 2026Ben Roberts-Smith's case is not only unprecedented for Australia but "extraordinary" for the globe too, scholars say.
- Artemis crew returning to Earth with 'all the good stuff' from Moon discoveries
on April 9, 2026The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".
- Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space
on April 9, 2026The BBC’s Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the Artemis II crew ahead of their likely splashdown on Saturday.
- Is BTS losing its K-pop identity as it aims for a bigger world stage?
on April 9, 2026BTS turned millions on to K-pop. But now it’s caught between Korea and the world.
- Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters
on April 9, 2026US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.
- Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as 'very frank'
on April 9, 2026The US president says Nato "wasn't there when we needed them" during the Iran war.
- Pioneering wildlife cameraman Doug Allan dies in Nepal
on April 9, 2026The cameraman and photographer won eight Emmy Awards for his work on acclaimed series like Blue Planet alongside Sir David Attenborough.
- Prosecutors seek Tiger Woods' prescription drug records after Florida arrest
on April 8, 2026A legal order seeking the golfer's medications - including dosage and warnings about driving on pill bottles - will be issued later this month, court record shows.
- Everything you need to know about BTS's comeback tour
on April 8, 2026The megastars kick off their grandest tour, the largest in K-pop history, in Seoul on Thursday after a nearly four-year hiatus.
- At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes
on April 8, 2026Attacks hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, hours after a US-Iran ceasefire was announced.
- What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran
on April 8, 2026The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran.
- Gambia appoints British barrister to prosecute gruesome Jammeh-era crimes
on April 8, 2026Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule was known for enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
- Iran Strait of Hormuz warning adds to shipping uncertainty
on April 8, 2026Only a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.
- Watch: Fire damages roof of Rio's Olympic velodrome
on April 8, 2026Around 80 firefighters and 20 fire trucks tackled the blaze, the state's military fire department said, adding that no one was hurt.
- Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45
on April 8, 2026The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it.
- Nigeria begins mass trial of 500 terrorism suspects
on April 8, 2026Very few people are ever prosecuted following terror attacks with suspects often held without trial.
- Cameroon 'military contractors' killed in Russia-Ukraine war - BBC confirms leaked message
on April 8, 2026The government usually refrains from commenting on the participation of its citizens in the conflict.
- Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year
on April 8, 2026It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain.
- Man fined after breaking into viral hippo Moo Deng's enclosure
on April 8, 2026The director of the Thai zoo where Moo Deng lives said security would be upped after the incident.
- Madagascar declares state of emergency over severe fuel shortages linked to Iran war
on April 8, 2026The presidency says it is taking action as it fears fuel shortages could lead to public disorder.
- Co-founder of Jalisco New Generation drug cartel pleads guilty
on April 8, 2026Érick Valencia Salazar was among a group of 29 alleged drug lords extradited to the US from Mexico.
- How Pakistan helped secure a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran
on April 8, 2026Pakistan has a historic relationship with Iran, but an agreement was far from certain, writes the BBC’s Caroline Davies
- Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost
on April 8, 2026The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.
- Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene
on April 8, 2026He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, which ends in January 2027.
- Top Australian soldier charged with war crimes to remain in jail on remand
on April 8, 2026Ben Roberts-Smith faces five charges of the war crime of murder, which has a penalty of life in prison.
- US journalist Shelly Kittleson released after kidnap in Iraq, officials say
on April 8, 2026US officials say they are now "working to support her safe departure from Iraq".
- Plan to scrap presidential elections puts Zimbabweans at loggerheads
on April 7, 2026The ruling party has unveiled a draft law that strips voters of the chance to elect the president.
- The US refinery now processing Venezuelan oil
on April 7, 2026Chevron is now importing 250,000 barrels of crude per day from Venezuela.
- Newlywed wife of US soldier freed by ICE after detention at military base
on April 7, 2026Annie Ramos, an undocumented immigrant who came to the US as a toddler, had gone to the base to complete paperwork so the couple could move in together.
- Indian migrant workers hit by cooking gas shortages are leaving cities
on April 7, 2026Migrant workers say they are struggling to access cooking gas cylinders as the Iran war squeezes supplies.