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State of the World from NPR
Immerse yourself in the most compelling and consequential stories from around the globe. The world is changing in big ways every day. State of the World from NPR takes you where the news is happening — and explains why it matters. With bureaus spanning the globe, NPR reporters bring you facts and co...
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The foreign fighters from China that played a key role in Syria’s revolution
Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in China, that number in the millions. Human rights groups have accused China of persecuting Uyghurs beca...
British beavers back from extinction to fight floods
Climate change is making rainfall in Britain heavier and more erratic, meaning places that used to be dry are flooding regularly. So communities are...
Ebola outbreaks past and present
The World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency because of an outbreak of Ebola centered in the Democratic Republi...
Cuba runs out of oil; surprising terminology changes at the State Department
Cuba’s government says the Caribbean island nation has run out of oil, following a months-long energy blockade by the U.S. in hopes of forcing politic...
Shifting momentum in the Russia-Ukraine war
It has been more than four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It is a war that has been grinding on without major changes in battle...
What U.S. troops mean to one German town
President Trump’s recent decision to withdraw at least five thousand troops from Germany has sent shockwaves through a Bavarian town that, for decades...
Convicted U.S. spy runs for office in Israel; an anti-smoking fight in China
Jonathan Pollard worked as an analyst for the U.S. Navy in the 1980s. He spent 30 years behind bars in the U.S., convicted for spying for Israel. Now...
The lasting effects of Trump’s tariff war with China
Over a year ago, President Trump started imposing tariffs on China as part of “Liberation Day”. There was a back-and-forth escalation and at one poin...
Trump’s tactics in Iran and the longest intentional internet blackout ever
President Trump has been using a wide range of tactics in the war with Iran in an effort to force the country to bend to U.S. demands. But experts sa...
China’s expanding nuclear ambitions and Trump’s visit
President Trump heads to China this week in an effort to stabilize the relationship between the two great powers. But the war in Iran hangs over the...
Why it’s a muted celebration in Moscow
Russia’s annual celebration of Victory Day, commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, is traditionally a huge celebrati...
The bus with beats and bling
In Nairobi, Kenya, tricked-out buses known as, “matatus,” roll through the streets, entertaining both passengers and passers-by. Matatu buses bump wit...
A fraying ceasefire in southern Lebanon with villages destroyed
Although there is officially a ceasefire, fighting in south Lebanon between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah has escalated recently. According...
U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum
Senior career diplomats at the U.S. State Department are effectively being forced into retirement. It’s a loss of talent that one former diplomat cal...
The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz
The U.S military has begun an operation to end Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in an effort and re-open the waterway to global shipping traffi...
Economic effects of the war in Iran ripple around the globe
From fuel to food, fertilizer and flights, the fallout from the Iran war is reshaping the global economy. We hear from reporters in Africa, Asia, Euro...
The search for loved ones in Gaza
After more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the destruction there is overwhelming. According to the United Nations, most buildi...
An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist
In today’s episode, a rare interview with the leader of a Hindu nationalist group in India known by the acronym RSS. They are the largest far right g...
How is Cuba feeling about the United States?
The relationship between the United States and Cuba hasn’t been this tense for decades. Even as the the U.S. is engaged in high-level negotiations in...
40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accident, they face war
Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then the p...
An unlikely Indian movie makes it all the way to the Oscars
India has seen a rise in Hindu nationalism in recent years, in it’s politics but also in the culture. And India’s famed Bollywood film industry has b...
Ukraine becomes an international arms dealer
Since the war with Iran began Ukraine has found itself in an unexpected position. In addition to receiving military aid, it is also a provider. Iran...
President Trump extends the ceasefire with Iran, what happens now?
Just before a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was set to expire, President Trump announced on social media that he was extending it. Iran says th...
How Gaza feels after six months of ceasefire
We mark this moment in both Gaza and Israel. In Gaza, it has been six months since major hostilities with Israel ended. Aid for the territory’s two...
What are the chances for peace between Israel and Lebanon?
As the end of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran approaches, a separate but intertwined conflict may have an improved chance at peace. Is...
An Israeli and Palestinian who bonded during war share vision for peace in a new book
The war in Gaza has hardened positions across the Middle East. But two men say it brought them closer together and convinced them that the "future is...
They were promised paradise — in North Korea
For 25 years, ethnic Koreans who called Japan home were lured by propaganda to North Korea. Over 90,000 people heeded the call. They were promised all...
Sudan’s war enters a fourth year
What began as a power struggle between the army and the powerful paramilitary force — former allies in a coup that removed a civilian government — has...
The last detention camp for ISIS wives and kids
After U.S.-backed Iraqi and Syrian forces defeated ISIS, its surviving fighters went to prison. Their wives and children were sent to detention camps,...
Hezbollah re-arms… but how?
In 2024, Israel killed Hezbollah's top leaders and is thought to have decimated its arsenal. So how is the Iran-backed group still firing rockets into...
A Ukrainian mayor, released from captivity, returns to a radically different city
Ukraine has been a country living through war for more than four years, since Russia’s full-scale invasion. But the experience of that war varies wid...
Life in a Ukrainian city dramatically changed by war
Weapons evolve over the course of a war, and for the war in Ukraine the use of drones has radically altered the battlefield. But those same weapons h...
A ceasefire with Iran is declared, why is there still fighting in Lebanon?
President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, just ahead of a deadline he imposed for the country to open the Strait of Hormuz or face cat...
Daring to dissent in Russia
One Moscow poet is making rare criticism of the Russian war on Ukraine. The Russian assault on Ukraine is now in its fifth year. For ordinary Russians...
What 9,000 year old remains in Germany tell us about human development
When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in 1930s Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda. But new ana...
Venezuelans are daring to hope again
It’s been three months since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Ordinary Venezuelans reflect on what that night of the Maduro capture was like,...
Paramedics pay the price of war in Lebanon
Israel has invaded Lebanon as the war in Iran expands in the region. Israel says the move is in pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters— Hezbollah...
Is the U.S. threatening to commit war crimes in Iran?
On Monday, President Trump threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure across Iran, including the country’s desalination plants, vital for drinking...
Humanity’s future with Artificial Intelligence
A conversation with an advocate for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence. He has thought a lot about what it could mean for the future of the th...
A month of the Iran war through the eyes of a writer in Tehran
For almost a month now, a twenty-eight-year old Iranian writer in Tehran has been sharing her diary entries with NPR. The entries give us a view of t...