In a high-profile dispute involving a K-pop band, the South Korean government has made its decision.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Hanna Hopko, from the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, as Russia’s invasion of her country approaches 1,000 days.

A series of deadly attacks within China in recent weeks have killed dozens and left people uneasy. Those who carried out the attacks have been seemingly ordinary people who authorities say became disgruntled or unhappy. Our correspondent brings us to the site of one recent attacks and says these incidents are raising difficult questions about society and the government.

The movie’s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the screening.

After a second day of talks in Lebanon, Amos Hochstein says he will “to try to bring this to a close”.

Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan undocumented immigrant, was found guilty by a Georgia judge.

In Beirut, two TikTokers are filming the damage caused by Israeli air strikes for families who have fled.

It marks a “shocking and devastating development” in the war, says Human Rights Watch.

Susan Smith was convicted of killing her boys by strapping them into a car which she allowed to roll into a lake.

Charities worry it could block a crucial deal giving women more support in the face of climate change.

A UK-based monitor says the strikes hit a weapons warehouse and the homes of Iran-backed fighters.

Prosecutors say he led a “reign of terror” after the city was overrun by an al-Qaeda-linked group in 2012.

The woman, dubbed Am Cyanide, is believed to be among the worst serial killers in Thai history.

The UN says bakeries and kitchens have shut down due to limited supplies in the region.

US President-elect Donald Trump has campaigned on a promise to end America’s involvement in wars.

Russia promised a response to President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with U.S.-made missiles.

A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some accounts say.

Israel is reportedly using a new kind of weapon in Gaza: small drones that carry guns and fire at targets like snipers. Eyewitnesses in Gaza say these drones have killed many civilians.

How do European leaders view Russia’s new nuclear policy and a potential shift in Ukraine policy under Trump? NPR’s Michel Martin asks Jovita Neliupšiene, the EU’s ambassador to the U.S.

Activist Sunny Cheung, a student leader during the protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020, talks with NPR about the sentencing of dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators there.