The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar was arrested in Iran while researching the public role of women in that country. She has been moved to Evin prison, where another Canadian woman died in 2003.

Often attacking through email, cyber thieves are racking millions of dollars with the rise of ransomware attacks.

How does child welfare need to change to address the overrepresentation of black and Aboriginal children in care?

Ranging experiences of brutal torture, struggle and survival - di Giovanni's new book "The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria" chronicles everyday life of the Syrian war.

There are 1700 "potentially hazardous" asteroids around Earth, says NASA aerospace engineer.

From the emotional return to Fort McMurray, to questioning the practice of captive breeding, and what the German recognition of the Armenian Massacre as a genocide means for German-Turkish relations... This is The Current.

What impact will strained German-Turkish relations have on the EU and the migrant crisis?

Cincinnati zoo keepers shot Harambe after a 4-year-old fell into his enclosure. The practice of captive breeding is under scrutiny after many question why the gorilla was in a zoo to begin with.

Wolfe's death follows the fatal 2010 stabbing of his brother in a Saskatchewan prison. To what extent did their difficult upbringing inform these tragic outcomes?

From a psychological profile of Donald Trump, to what the death of two brothers reveals about the cyclical nature of childhood trauma, and why Canadian courts should consider a defendant's cultural heritage before sentencing... This is The Current.

Quebec follows other provinces in terminating annual physicals for people over the age of five.

From Quebec scrapping annual physicals for patients over 5, to a milestone moment in African justice with the conviction of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré , to a Wonder Pig changing lives and winning hearts. . . This Is The Current.

A panel discussion on sibling bullying and its lasting effects.

Two teams of scientists did something never seen before when they grew human embryos in a petri dish, which they kept alive for a record 13 days.

From Matthew De Grood's trial and the implications of a not criminally responsible verdict, to why Dean Burnett says our brains are idiots, to why Brazil's scientists are going elsewhere, to the domestic abuse reports coming from refugee women in Toronto.