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The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. This follows last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter.
Europe is increasingly alarmed by Trump’s talk of annexing Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory in the EU and NATO, especially after the U.S. incursion in Venezuela last weekend.
Eyder Peralta, NPR international correspondent, on racing to the Venezuela border after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, and the obstacles keeping journalists from getting into the country.
In 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for killing her abusive partner. Her case became one of the catalysts for abolishing the death penalty in the UK, and 70 years later her family is seeking a posthumous pardon.
The strike comes a day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, including a powerful new hypersonic missile that hit western Ukraine.
Fewer than 100 copies of Action Comics No 1, which introduced the world to Superman, are thought to exist.
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Ofelia Riquezes, human rights lawyer and professor at Florida International University, about the status of human rights under the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
Despite a close relationship with Caracas stretching back for decades, Russia has been reserved in its response to the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
Indonesia suspended Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok on Saturday over concerns about AI-generated pornographic content, the country’s communication and digital affairs minister said.
A new video has emerged showing the final moments of a Minnesota woman’s encounter with an immigration officer before she was killed, as public uproar grows in the United States over the shooting and exclusion of local agencies from the investigation.
The landslide happened when a mountain of rubbish collapsed at a landfill site in the central Philippines.
Civil liberties and migrant-rights groups called for nationwide rallies on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of an activist in Minnesota by a U.S. immigration agent, as state authorities opened their own investigation of the killing.
The New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in Crans-Montana killed 40 people and injured 116.
Islanders want a bigger say in their ties with Denmark, but also on the world stage too.
Iranians took to the streets in new protests on Friday to press the biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, as authorities sustained an internet blackout as part of a crackdown that has left dozens dead.
El Presidente Donald Trump quiere que más compañías petroleras estadounidenses se incorporen a Venezuela. Pero existen razones económicas e históricas que podrían dificultar su acceso.
The naval exercises could inflame relations with Donald Trump – who is already at loggerheads with Pretoria.
We will do it “the easy way” or “the hard way”, he said, but Denmark says the territory is not for sale.
Some say they’ve lost interest in social media since the ban, while others say nothing has changed.
Venezuelan journalist and author Paula Ramon in Caracas offers a reading list for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of Venezuela at this moment.
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks to Naaja Nathanielsen, a government minister in Greenland, about President Trump’s latest threats to buy or acquire the territory, and how Greenlanders are responding.