The UN passed resolution ahead of General Assembly calling for end to child marriage
The UN estimates 650 million women and girls currently alive were married before age 18. A new resolution aims to bring…
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As Nepal identifies those killed in the floods, questions grow over China's reporting
One week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing. China's control over media and…
Read at source →Kushner and Witkoff visit Ukraine with hopes of restarting peace talks with Russia
For the first time, Trump's top envoys take their peace push to Kyiv — after talks with Putin in Moscow.
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Join siguimi.com →Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on efforts to strike a compromise with Russia
NPR's Leila Fadel asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, about efforts made by U.S. emissaries toward…
Read at source →Rubio to visit 3 Latin American countries this week
Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Colombia, Peru and Ecuador as President Trump hails a shift to the right in…
Read at source →U.S. envoys visit Kyiv for first time after meeting Putin in Moscow
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff made their first trip to Kyiv, one day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Read at source →Shipping companies are putting sails back on cargo ships
One of the world's largest logistics companies plans to fit one of its ships with a strange type of sail, the latest in…
Read at source →What Russia and China learned from America after 9/11
Journalists Mikhail Zygar and Cindy Yu explain how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan helped reshape Russia and China's…
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German exit polls suggest far-right party has big lead in regional election
Exit polls show Germany's AfD taking a commanding lead in a regional election, but it remains unclear whether the…
Read at source →U.S. strikes three Iranian oil tankers in renewal of hostilities
The U.S. strikes three Iranian oil tankers after Iran targets two American warships, in the latest exchange over…
Read at source →This is the work of our lifetime: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson urges action after new UN climate report
A United Nations report has found that the world will warm to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Climate…
Read at source →How the U.S. focus on Iran is fueling a more aggressive Putin
Trump's top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. With the U.S.…
Read at source →Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's capital
In Ukraine, a week of near-continuous Russian attacks is upending the lives of residents in Kyiv and its suburbs.
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Argentina escalates Falklands dispute with the U.K., seizing on Trump comments
Argentine President Javier Milei is escalating a dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands with tougher sanctions…
Read at source →As El Niño intensifies, Rio turns to science — and a spiritual adviser
This year's Super El Niño has brought unprecedented weather to Rio de Janeiro. Unaccustomed to tornado-strength winds,…
Read at source →Nepali community in Texas grieves and prays for healing after flash floods
Nepalese groups in North Texas, which has one of the largest communities of people from Nepal in the U.S., continue to…
Read at source →Families of the missing in Nepal's flash floods perform symbolic cremations
Eight days after Nepal's flash floods, families who can't find loved ones perform symbolic cremations.
Read at source →China's Xi visits Egypt for the first time in a decade
Xi Jinping's visit to Egypt for the first time in a decade, and during the Iran war, comes as U.S. allies broaden their…
Read at source →Critics question legality of Venezuela oil deals
Chevron's $7 billion Venezuela bet deepens U.S. ties to the country's oil industry. Critics say the deal poses risks to…
Read at source →U.S.-Israel relations are on the rocks ahead of elections
Relations between the Trump administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned rocky since Trump…
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A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and…
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Israel bars U.S. citizens over criticism and ties to Palestinian activists, lawyers say
Travelers from the U.S. and other nations are denied entry to Israel after interrogations about their links to…
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Germany blames Russia for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
The German government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig airport last month using a drone laden with…
Read at source →Putin signals support for Iran in ongoing war with the U.S.
Russia's Vladimir Putin is signaling unwavering support for Iran, as Tehran thanks Moscow for backing amid the…
Read at source →Who is Betancourt, the man behind the company the US is partnering with in Venezuela?
The man behind the company that the US is partnering with in Venezuela is Alejandro Betancourt. He has faced multiple…
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Global finance ministers gather in North Carolina for G20 summit
The U.S. is playing host to finance ministers from around the world this week. Russia's top economic official made a…
Read at source →The U.S. wants others to join its economic pressure campaign against Iran. Will they?
NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer about U.S. efforts to cultivate global support…
Read at source →Some of the victims of the Nepal floods were pilgrims on a sacred journey
Many among the dead and missing in Nepal's devastating floods were pilgrims undertaking a sacred journey to a mountain.
Read at source →Trump's plan for economic D-day for Iran has one big hole: China
The Trump administration says it's asking countries to voluntarily cut off business with Iran to squeeze its economy…
Read at source →The oil deal with the U.S. could be a boost for Venezuela's authoritarian regime
A sweeping Venezuela oil deal touted by Trump remains short on details —and could take years to deliver, while helping…
Read at source →Rescuers search for the missing after deadly flood along Nepal-Tibet border
China and Nepal continue to grapple with the devastation left by catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border, as…
Read at source →U.N. worker shares what aid is needed as Nepal recovers from devastating flood
NPR's A Martínez asks the United Nations' resident coordinator in Nepal, Lila Pieters Yahia, what more is needed to aid…
Read at source →Getting aid to Nepal's flood survivors is the next challenge
The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic…
Read at source →Noel Godin, who made powerful people nervous around cream pies, dies at 80
For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included…
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What a Brazilian tradition can teach us about the future of psychedelics
Researchers are looking at new ways to use psychedelics to treat depression. Science journalist Marcelo Leite says…
Read at source →The Ukrainian women disappearing into Russian prisons
What happens when Russia arrests civilians in the Ukrainian territories it occupies? New Yorker writer Joshua Yaffa…
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