A record surge of illegal border crossings in recent years has made immigration a top voter concern.

Antiguan girls are being trained as coastal stewards to empower them while protecting the environment.

Ravi was held in a labour camp run by Chinese-speaking gangsters, forced to run romance scams.

A technology company has been testing autonomous buses on the streets of the South Korean capital.

Jordan van den Berg’s vigilante-style approach has won him fans and critics amid a housing crisis.

A naval officer who served on a Japan-based destroyer was found guilty of sharing classified information with a foreign government, the Navy’s investigative agency said.

Republican Mike Johnson can savour a hard-fought victory, but hard-line colleagues are plotting to oust him.

The long-awaited vote comes as Kyiv faces a weapons shortage in its fight against Russia.

San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”

Local security officials said one person was killed and eight others wounded.

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Masoud Mostajabi, deputy director of the Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council, about Iran’s military strategy with its proxies in the region as well as Israel.

Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border. In south Lebanon, an arts program is trying to restore some normalcy to their lives.

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with reporter Pavni Mittal about the Indian elections which began this week and will end in June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term.

The Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discusses on NPR’s All Things Considered how further U.S. aid would make a difference on the front lines, and the state of the war in general.

It comes after the decision to cancel a speech by a Muslim student sparked protests on campus.

Authorities say the reforms are necessary, but opponents say they will lengthen the president’s rule.

Iran’s Foreign Minister on Friday said Tehran was investigating an overnight attack on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had not been proven as he downplayed the strike.

Tributes are being paid to the gospel singer who won a Grammy in 2014 for her record Overcomer.

North Korea has tested a “super-large warhead” designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media said Saturday, the most recent test since UN sanctions monitoring against the nuclear-armed nation was upended last month by Russia.

Maxwell Azzarello doused himself in liquid before throwing conspiracy-theory pamphlets, police said.

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