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Activists with the international environmental group Greenpeace display a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square on Monday. Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images Activists in Venice, Italy, are protesting the upcoming destination wedding of tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist … Read more
Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a Belarusian opposition activist released from a prison by Belarusian authorities, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, June 22, 2025. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP hide caption toggle caption Mindaugas Kulbis/AP VILNIUS, Lithuania — Siarhei Tsikhanouski is almost unrecognizable. Belarus’ key opposition figure, imprisoned in 2020 and unexpectedly released on … Read more
President Trump addresses the nation, alongside Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from the White House on Saturday, following the announcement that the U.S. bombed nuclear sites in Iran. Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The Pentagon will provide … Read more
The Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg On Friday, the Trump administration issued mass layoff notices gutting the agency that owns the Voice of America and funds its sister news outlets. That same day, a correspondent arrested … Read more
People hold up signs during the Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston in May. Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images On social media Friday President Trump wrote the administration had been working closely with Harvard University … Read more
As Israel and Iran continue missile attacks against one another, we look at how countries in the Middle East are viewing the conflict. Whether that war could spread and if other powers in the region are bracing for a wider conflict. And we hear from some residents of Tehran weighing the decision of fleeing the … Read more
An Iraqi Shia cleric holds a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the U.S. Embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday. Hadi Mizban/AP hide caption toggle caption Hadi Mizban/AP PARIS — Foreign … Read more
Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews, in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Alexander F. Yuan/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexander F. Yuan/AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but all applicants will now be required … Read more
Israel President Herzog Benny Doutsh/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Benny Doutsh/for NPR JERUSALEM — Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has told NPR that his country would welcome international support in its war to eradicate Iran’s nuclear program, which Israel says was on the threshold of building atomic weapons. The president – who holds a largely … Read more
Palestinians are brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after being wounded or killed by Israeli forces while they tried to get food on Tuesday. Moaz Abu Taha/APAimages via Reuters hide caption toggle caption Moaz Abu Taha/APAimages via Reuters GAZA CITY and DUBAI — Israel’s primary focus is now its war with Iran, but Israeli … Read more