Ecuador extradites leader of violent drug gang to the United States : NPR

This wanted poster posted on X by Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior, Jan. 9, 2024, shows Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, the leader of Los Choneros gang. Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior/AP hide caption toggle caption Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior/AP QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang … Read more

What a British surgeon is seeing in Gaza : NPR

People and traffic pass the fence of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which was hit in an Israeli strike that targeted the southern Gaza Strip city at dawn on May 13. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images Editor’s note: This conversation includes the sound of gunfire … Read more

Assad is gone. But can Syrians go home? : NPR

Adham Aljamous, 32, and his father Nouruldeen, 72, on their rooftop in Gaziantep, Turkey. They fled Syria over a decade ago. Now, with a chance to return, they’re unsure what’s left of home. Rebecca Rosman for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Rosman for NPR GAZIANTEP, Turkey — After more than a decade in exile, … Read more

At least 19 dead after Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into school : NPR

Firefighters work at the site of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed into a school campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP hide caption toggle caption Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after … Read more

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Syria’s Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city : NPR

Syrian government security forces block Bedouin fighters, background, from entering Sweida province, in Busra al-Harir village, southern Syria on Sunday. Omar Sanadiki/AP hide caption toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP MAZRAA, Syria — Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian … Read more