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This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. AP hide caption toggle caption AP CAIRO — At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday. The strike on the Al Daein … Read more
As tensions between Washington and Havana mount, what is life like for Cubans living through a weekslong oil blockade? NPR’s Adrian Ma speaks to CNN’s Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann about life on the island. Source link
World March 21, 20265:47 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered By Adrian Ma , Darian Woods , Eric McDaniel How the Iran war is wasting American resources Listen · 5:13 5:13 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src=”https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5753825/nx-s1-9697932″ width=”100%” height=”290″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” title=”NPR embedded audio player”> Facebook Flipboard Email Source link
Girls sit on a wall to get a good vantage point of people walking up the mountains with flaming torches and fireworks for Nowruz in Akre, the Kurdish region of Iraq on Friday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which … Read more
Nozlee Samadzadeh’s haft sin — a traditional table set for Nowruz featuring symbolic objects. Sarah Ventre/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sarah Ventre/NPR Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — is one of the biggest holidays of the year for Iranians, and is usually celebrated with large parties and get-togethers. It’s an ancient holiday, with pre-Islamic … Read more
Young women walk through historic Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran, on March 11. Morteza Nikoubazi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Morteza Nikoubazi/Getty Images ISTANBUL — There’s an old Persian phrase about a particular place in the city of Isfahan — the famed Naqsh-e Jahan Square. “The sort of nickname for it is nesf-e-jahān, which … Read more
Aristocrat Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon, pictured outside his family seat of Powderham Castle in Devon, Britain. The Earl is one of the 86 remaining sitting hereditary peers in the UK parliaments’ House of Lords Upper Chamber who will be kicked out if the British government’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill passes. Susannah … Read more
The tail section of a ballistic missile fired from Iran sticks out of the ground at a vineyard in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on March 20. Amir Levy/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Amir Levy/Getty Images Europe As the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, President Trump said on Friday the … Read more
For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. Rebecca Rosman for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Rosman for NPR AMSTERDAM – In his modest IKEA-furnished apartment, Arthur Brand paces to distract himself. “I’m nervous,” he says, … Read more
Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, is a joyous holiday celebrating spring and rebirth. But for many in the Iranian diaspora, this year, they’re balancing joy with anxiety and grief as the war continues. Source link