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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.
Firefighters say they do not know why the victims could not escape the blaze in the building’s upper floor.
US President Donald Trump said that he would be involved “indirectly” in high-stakes talks between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme in Geneva, adding he believed Tehran wanted to make a deal.
The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.
The second round of talks in Geneva about Iran’s nuclear program takes place as the United States ramps up its military presence in the Middle East and Iran holds large-scale maritime exercises.
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
From recalling pandas to cancelling tourist flights, China continues to retaliate after Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to reassure Europe at the Munich Security Conference, but European leaders are skeptical.
The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.
It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.
The Kremlin has “strongly” rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him.
A town in northern Italy has started celebrating carnival with its annual Battle of the Oranges where people hurl the fruit at each other for fun.
A group of gunmen attacked three villages in Nigeria in a dawn raid. At least 30 people have died and several are reportedly missing.