The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s threat as he clashes with the German leader over the U.S. war with Iran.

The new measures come on top of a US blockade of oil to Cuba that has caused widespread blackouts and fuel shortages.

Oral history traces a family’s roots to a tree planted in the 13th Century in a Ghanaian fishing town.

The court decision curbs access to the drug used in medication abortions, which is currently the most common method for the procedure in the US.

Changes to Canadian citizenship rules have led to thousands of new applications – many coming from the US.

Some of India’s biggest producers are eyeing investments in micro-dramas, which are now hugely popular.

Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not “friendly fire”.

After Canada changed a law opening up citizenship opportunities, thousands of Americans are trying to become citizens of their northern neighbor. It’s partly for political and personal reasons.

For the first time, Australia has recorded no new cervical cancer diganoses in women under 25.

Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.

Congress has ended the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. And, May Day demonstrations across the U.S. are expected to draw crowds protesting the Trump administration.

A tech worker in eastern China’s Hangzhou city was dismissed after his job was replaced by AI. An appeals court in the city has ruled the dismissal unlawful.

The Global Sumud Flotilla denounced the interception as “piracy”, while Israel’s foreign ministry called the flotilla a “PR stunt”.

The former leader has not responded to US accusations that he is aiming to destabilise the government.

Today, most people know the word as a synonym for “destroy.” But fewer realize its origins — or that it’s come to mean something strikingly different than it once did.

Planet Money tells the story of how the U.S. lost to China on rare earths.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers’ Federation about conditions for sailors stranded on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years after the military coup that removed her from power.

A 45-year-old man was charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain’s Jewish community.

Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats.