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
- Australia wants to ban kids from social media. Will it work?on November 21, 2024
The government has just tabled laws to block access to under-16s - but the proposal is divisive.
- Russia and US battle for advantage in Ukraine war ahead of Trump's returnon November 21, 2024
Moscow appears to be maximising its gains while Joe Biden abandons long-held red lines at the end of his presidency.
- Las Vegas man who called 911 for help killed by police in his homeon November 21, 2024
Brandon Durham was tussling with a female intruder over a knife when an officer shot him multiple times.
- Fallen trees cause widespread damage after bomb cycloneon November 21, 2024
Two people died in the storm that hit the West coast of the US and Canada overnight.
- Uncertainty after Australia foreign students bill hits oppositionon November 21, 2024
Universities had already begun making changes, as the controversial bill was expected to easily pass.
- House speaker backs transgender bathroom restrictions on Capitol Hillon November 21, 2024
It comes after a Republican congresswoman proposed a ban aimed at the first-ever openly transgender lawmaker.
- Is nuclear power gaining new energy?on November 21, 2024
Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.
- Texas offers Trump land for migrant 'deportation facilities'on November 20, 2024
The president-elect has repeatedly pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants once in office.
- Fate of Gaetz ethics report uncertain after congressional panel deadlockedon November 20, 2024
Pressure has been mounting on the ethics committee to release a report on Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general.
- The model, British tech and Russia's war machineon November 20, 2024
£1.6m of British kit shipped to companies tied to Russian military despite sanctions, customs documents claim.
- US charges Indian billionaire with fraudon November 20, 2024
The allegations of bribery and fraud are the latest blow for the tycoon, one of India's richest people.
- US vetoes Security Council's Gaza ceasefire resolutionon November 20, 2024
Fourteen of the 15 members voted in favour, but Washington said the text would send "dangerous message" to Hamas.
- Are K-pop stars workers? South Korea says noon November 20, 2024
In a dispute involving band NewJeans, the government said celebrities were not entitled to the same rights as workers.
- Anti-landmine groups criticise US for sending mines to Ukraineon November 20, 2024
It marks a "shocking and devastating development" in the war, says Human Rights Watch.
- Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You'll die aloneon November 20, 2024
Tensions burst into the open in court when Dominique Pelicot is accused by his daughter of lying.
- US nursing student Laken Riley's killer sentenced to lifeon November 20, 2024
Jose Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, was found guilty by a Georgia judge.
- Rust premieres at low-key film festival three years after shootingon November 20, 2024
The movie’s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the screening.
- US envoy heads to Israel after progress on Hezbollah ceasefireon November 20, 2024
After a second day of talks in Lebanon, Amos Hochstein says he will “to try to bring this to a close”.
- Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after drowning her two sonson November 20, 2024
The South Carolina mother was convicted of killing her boys by strapping them into a car which she allowed to roll into a lake.
- False alarm over DR Congo hero's golden toothon November 20, 2024
The mausoleum of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo's independence hero, was vandalised sparking alarm over his tooth.
- Beirut: Meet the TikTokers filming destroyed homeson November 20, 2024
In Beirut, two TikTokers are filming the damage caused by Israeli air strikes for families who have fled.
- Vatican in row at climate talks over gender rightson November 20, 2024
Charities worry it could block a crucial deal giving women more support in the face of climate change.
- Virtually no aid has reached besieged north Gaza in 40 days, UN sayson November 20, 2024
The UN says bakeries and kitchens have shut down due to limited supplies in the region.
- Deadly bomb cyclone cuts power for thousands in US north-weston November 20, 2024
The storm is bringing damaging winds, snow and excessive rainfall that could lead to landslides.
- Prosecutors back delaying Trump sentence until he leaves White Houseon November 20, 2024
New York prosecutors have vowed to oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his criminal conviction, however.
- Israeli strikes on Syria's Palmyra kill 36, state media sayon November 20, 2024
A UK-based monitor says the strikes hit a weapons depot other locations linked to Iran-backed fighters.
- Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimeson November 20, 2024
Prosecutors say he led a "reign of terror" after the city was overrun by an al-Qaeda-linked group in 2012.
- Death penalty for Thai woman accused of murdering 14 friends with cyanideon November 20, 2024
The woman, dubbed Am Cyanide, is believed to be among the worst serial killers in Thai history.
- Ugandan opposition figure taken to military court after Kenya expulsionon November 20, 2024
Kizza Besigye is charged in a Ugandan military court after his wife says he was kidnapped while in Kenya.
- Zelensky says Ukraine will lose war if US cuts fundingon November 20, 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump has campaigned on a promise to end America's involvement in wars.