A teenager from California has won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, after days of fierce competition.

Taiwan Travelogue is the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.

Do new strikes affect a potential deal to end the war with Iran? NPR’s Scott Detrow breaks it down with NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman.

President Trump is pushing Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize relations with Israel, as part of an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Experts call that unrealistic.

French students are taking their exams in baking schools, while red alerts are issued in Italy.

The arrest came eight months after she returned to Australia with her children from Lebanon.

Until now, only Orthodox Jewish men in Israel have been allowed to take exams to become rabbis. After a long campaign, women can now also take the test – but still can’t become rabbis

Police say the operation targeted the network of notorious late Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

The U.S. says it has struck Iran again as peace talks continue to end the conflict. And, the federal government has charged a Google staffer for allegedly using insider information in Polymarket trades.

The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, has been arrested, police say, as areas around the station are cordoned off.

Bangladesh is scrambling to vaccinate more children amid a measles outbreak that has killed more than 500 people, most of them children.

In Colombia’s election this Sunday, a flamboyant criminal lawyer — who flaunts his wealth, machismo and even his music videos — is pitching himself as the toughest candidate on crime.

The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo.

Colombians head to the polls Sunday as candidates clash over how to tackle crime, armed groups, and social reform—from dialogue to an iron-fisted crackdown.

As the global economy focuses on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, another shipping crisis looms in the region — the return of Somali pirates.

Iranians began to regain internet access after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. Users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like YouTube and Instagram heavily restricted.

The strikes come despite a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington as the two countries hold peace talks.

The live-in personal assistant to the actor has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor’s death. ​​

Several groups of women and children who spent years in a Syrian camp have returned in recent months.

Duterte is facing charges relating to a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.

With US waiting staff getting cross at receiving less than 20%, tips are also on the rise elsewhere.