State of the World from NPR : NPR

Taken by a fish-eye lens, this photograph shows the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier in Paris on Dec. 9, 2024. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images Taken by a fish-eye lens, this photograph shows the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier in Paris on Dec. 9, … Read more

Consider This from NPR : NPR

First-responders gather outside a building that was hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran. Meghdad Madadi/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Meghdad Madadi/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images First-responders gather outside a building that was hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran. Meghdad Madadi/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images Early Friday local time, Israel … Read more

Israel launches ‘pre-emptive strikes’ on Iran nuclear program : NPR

Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP Israel has carried out “dozens” of air strikes in Iran, an Israeli military official has confirmed in a briefing attended by NPR. The official … Read more

Israel carries out attacks on Iran’s capital, Tehran: Reports | Nuclear Weapons News

BREAKINGBREAKING, US officials tell news agencies that Israel has started attacking sites in Iran as blasts reported in Tehran. Several explosions have been reported in and around Iran’s capital Tehran, according to the state-run news agency Nour News. “Loud explosions are being heard in different locations of the capital Tehran,” it said in a TV … Read more

Flight carrying 242 people bound for London has crashed in Ahmedabad, India : NPR

Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday. Ajit Solanki/AP hide caption toggle caption Ajit Solanki/AP MUMBAI, India — An Air India flight with 242 passengers and 12 crew bound for London crashed shortly after departure in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad … Read more

Japan protests to China after ‘dangerous’ moves by warplanes over Pacific | Military News

Japan said J-15 warplanes operating from two Chinese aircraft carriers in the Pacific carried out risky manouvres around patrol planes. Japan has protested to Beijing over what was described as Chinese fighter jets’ “near-miss” manoeuvres near Japanese maritime patrol planes over the Pacific where China’s two operational aircraft carriers were spotted deployed simultaneously for the … Read more