News from outside the United States, covering events and issues in countries around the world. Often, foreign news is referred to as world news, although this term can also refer to reports from the United States about global issues. World news is a subfield of news reporting and is typically reported by a foreign correspondent, a full-time reporter for a newspaper or other media outlet who travels to report on world events and file stories back to the home office. This type of journalist, who is usually based in a foreign city (or sometimes an entire country), often works with local sources and witnesses world events to collect material for these reports.
Historically, many of the most famous world news stories involved esoteric and supernatural subjects such as alien abductions, the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, time travel and predictions of an oncoming depression or apocalypse. Other popular topics included new discoveries of Biblical relics and interviews with mythological figures such as Sisyphus after the legendary boulder-hauling “workout.” A more recent trend in World News has been hysterical political satire, notably a story that President George W. Bush’s ghost had visited him to give him advice on the war in Iraq.
The most common types of stories in world news include international politics, economy and business, sports, health, weather and natural disasters and military incidents. Often, these reports feature images of those affected by the event, such as people standing in flood waters or refugees fleeing war-torn places.
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