Scientists in South Africa are making rhino horns radioactive to fight poaching : NPR

A sedated rhino is being prepared before a hole is drilled into its horn and isotopes carefully inserted, at a rhino orphanage in Mokopane, South Africa, Thursday, July 31, 2025. Alfonso Nqunjana/AP hide caption toggle caption Alfonso Nqunjana/AP MOKOPANE, South Africa (AP) — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the … Read more

India says it killed militants behind the deadly attack on civilians in Kashmir : NPR

Jammu and Kashmir Special Operation Group personnel guard near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, July 28, 2025. Mukhtar Khan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mukhtar Khan/AP MUMBAI, India — Three months after militants killed 26 tourists at a scenic meadow in the Himalayas, India said on … Read more

New poll shows plunging US public support for Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – A new poll from the research firm Gallup suggests that only 32 percent of Americans approve of Israel’s military action in Gaza, a 10-point drop from September 2024, as anger over atrocities against Palestinians continues to rise. The survey, released on Tuesday, also showed an enormous partisan divide over the issue. Seventy-one … Read more

U.K. to recognize Palestinian state if Israel doesn’t agree to Gaza ceasefire : NPR

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Tuesday, the day the Cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza. Toby Melville/Pool Reuters/AP hide caption toggle caption Toby Melville/Pool Reuters/AP The United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state by September unless Israel commits to peace in … Read more

Tsunami alerts issued for US, Japan after powerful earthquake off Russia | News

BREAKINGBREAKING, The magnitude 8.7 quake strikes 136km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east, according to US Geological Survey. Tsunami alerts have been issued in multiple countries after a powerful magnitude 8.7 earthquake off the Russian coast. Waves of up to 4 metres high (13 feet) were recorded in Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka region early on … Read more

State of the World from NPR : NPR

A student from an art high school in Grosseto is about to throw into the water a work created to offer octopuses a home as an alternative to illegal fishing traps. Valerio Muscella for NPR hide caption toggle caption Valerio Muscella for NPR A student from an art high school in Grosseto is about to … Read more

Iran deports hundreds of thousands of Afghans in mass raids : NPR

Returnees cross the border from Iran on July 3 in Islam Qala, Afghanistan. More than 1.3 million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan this year from Iran, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, after the Iranian government ordered undocumented Afghans to leave the country. Elise Blanchard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elise Blanchard/Getty … Read more