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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
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
Many injured in Gaza while seeking food at distribution sites are sent to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. NPR speaks with Dr. Nick Maynard, a British surgeon volunteering there. (Image credit: Eyad Baba) Source link
The killing of a 114-year-old man by a speeding car last week brings back the spotlight on road safety in India, where authorities say accidents kill more than a hundred thousand people every year. Source link
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
As a candidate, President Trump promised to change America’s foreign policy. Six months into his second administration, NPR examines where things stand. Source link
The latest on Israeli military attacks on Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza, lawyers for Harvard and Trump face off in court, Texas Republicans aim to redraw congressional districts in special session. Source link
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hide caption toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP MAZRAA, Syria — Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian … Read more
Palestinians react after carrying the bodies of those killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with Israel, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on Sunday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP At least 94 Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire across Gaza on Sunday as … Read more
Centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Yu/AP In London in the winter of 1999, running coach Harmandar Singh took on a new student who was older than his father. Fauja Singh was 89, thin as a reed, and had a scraggy beard that nearly reached his chest. For their … Read more