The US president says the first phase of the deal secures the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the start of an Israeli withdrawal.

President Trump announced that an agreement has been reached to end the war in Gaza — hours after his Secretary of State handed him a note during a White House event. He may travel to Egypt soon.

The deal raises the possibility that the war may now be over, ending the bloodiest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

The state, home to Netflix and Hulu, has declared volume on adverts cannot be louder than the content people are watching.

The last of 10 inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jail by making a hole in the wall behind a toilet was arrested in Atlanta.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Qassem Ali, an American citizen from Gaza. He left Gaza after war broke out two years ago.

Canadians who are usually drawn to New Orleans’ French culture are staying away this year. Louisiana’s lieutenant governor says that’s because they’re upset with President Trump.

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.

The former FBI leader will go to trial in January but his legal team argue the case is politically motivated.

It comes just over a week after a two-day total internet shutdown across the country ended.

An architect and three workers were among those who died at the building which was being renovated.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

The security minister says the NGO “collected and passed on sensitive security information” – which it denies.

Troops from Texas have been sent on a controversial mission to support President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The forgery allegations have sparked outrage among some Nigerians, following a newspaper exposé.

Activists on board nine vessels carrying food and medical supplies for Palestinians will be deported, Israel says.

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher says the ship was ill-equipped for the voyage and Shackleton was aware.

In the last two years Israel has erected hundreds of gates to restrict the movement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, making daily life more difficult for residents there.