Residents are fed up with visitors dropping rubbish and parking illegally as they seek the perfect photo.

Most of the electricity in the capital is supplied by a Turkish ship floating off the country’s coast.

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran’s recent protests.

Moran Yanai, who was taken hostage by Hamas, speaks about spending 54 days in captivity.

South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they remember their country’s pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of apartheid.

The Biden ally says outrage about the situation in Gaza is justified but protesters should condemn Hamas too.

The government says a specialist team is looking into the death of the well-known influencer.

The Yemeni rebel group says its latest attack targeted the Andromeda Star.

Hungary is attempting to be a world power in manufacturing electric vehicle batteries, despite locals’ reservations.

Thirty years after Nelson Mandela’s election and apartheid’s end, South Africans reflect on democracy.

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.

A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV.

A spate of unconnected deaths of Indian students in the US has set off safety concerns within the community.

The BBC’s Nada Tawfik on what the court heard from close Donald Trump allies, including his former assistant.

The Columbia student had said “Zionists don’t deserve to live” in recently resurfaced video.

Several storms are moving across the states of Iowa and Nebraska.

Germany might be known for precision technology, but the government and many businesses still rely on that darling of the 90’s— the fax machine! However, those chirpy, screeching tones may give way to modern technology by this summer. At issue is bureaucracy that some say is hurting the German economy. Sign up for State of the World+ to listen sponsor-free and support the work of NPR...

Lisa Pisano, once near death, is recovering well after receiving a new kidney from a genetically modified pig.

The blaze erupted in the middle of the night at a guesthouse in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s leader Xi Jinping. Washington and Beijing are engaging in talks over issues of economic development, global security, AI and more.

The State Department has found that some Israeli units were responsible for gross violations of human rights, but so far has stopped short of restricting U.S. aid to them.