
Despite the war and Russian missile attacks, residents of Kyiv go ice fishing
Despite the war and Russian missile attacks, residents of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv go ice fishing on the Dnipro river bisecting their city.
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Despite the war and Russian missile attacks, residents of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv go ice fishing on the Dnipro river bisecting their city.

Quentin Deranque died on Saturday, two days after being beaten in Lyon by masked men believed to be far-left militants.

It’s been two weeks since the 84 year old’s disappearance and authorities say there have not been any arrests

At a event in Washington D.C., A U.S. official said a remote earthquake in 2020 was caused by a Chinese nuclear test.
Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a military cooperation agreement weeks after Israel’s recognition of an independent Somaliland. But what’s in it for Saudi Arabia?

More than 130 people have been killed in these alleged “narco-trafficking operations” carried out by the US since September.

A look back at the remarkable life of the US civil rights activist, who died on Tuesday aged 84.

Loubna Mrie grew up in Syria, where her father was allegedly an assassin for the regime. She joined the Syrian revolution first as a protester and then as a photojournalist. Her memoir is Defiance.

Two people were killed and three others were injured at a shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket.
A judge in the United States has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to restore an exhibit about nine people who were enslaved by former president George Washington at a historical site in the city of Philadelphia.

India’s government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, Indian residents wonder what’s taking so long.

Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84. And, the U.S. and Iran are set for high-stakes negotiations today in Geneva about Iran’s nuclear program.

As the U.S. and Iran continue to engage indirectly in nuclear talks, what challenges remain? NPR speaks with Richard Nephew, former deputy special envoy for Iran in the Biden administration.

Representatives for the U.S. and Iran will meet in Geneva Tuesday for a second round of nuclear talks as the U.S. builds up military forces in the region.

Expectations for a breakthrough are low as delegations meet for a third time to try and negotiate an end to the war.

The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa
Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said.
Tributes have been pouring out for Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, who died at the age of 95 on Sunday.

This week, the Trump administration seeks diplomatic deals on three fronts, as it tries to make a nuclear deal with Iran, end the Russia-Ukraine war and advance a ceasefire in Gaza.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute about how the Trump administration’s approach to Iran, Ukraine and Gaza aligns with national security.
A conservative media critic picked by US President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the US embassy said, as relations between the countries remain fraught.