The Chamatkarik Shree Hanumanji Mandir in the old city of Ahmedabad, in western India, is seen by worshippers as a place where prayers to obtain visas to Western countries are answered. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR AHMEDABAD, India — A man gives his passport to a Hindu priest at a temple in
Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan celebrate on the street after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption toggle caption Vadim Ghirda/AP Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania's closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers recover the bodies of passengers after a Russian drone struck a passenger bus at the village of Bilopillya in the Sumy region, Ukraine, on Saturday. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump said that he
Enlarge this image Anastasia, 24, with her daughter born in the hospital room at the Sloviansk City Clinical Hospital on March 28, 2025. Anton Shtuka for NPR hide caption toggle caption Anton Shtuka for NPR Anastasia, 24, with her daughter born in the hospital room at the Sloviansk City Clinical Hospital on March 28, 2025.
In this file photo, Rodrigo Duterte (left) takes his oath as president of the Philippines before Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes during inauguration ceremony in Malacanang Palace, June 30, 2016 in Manila. Holding the bible is Duterte's daughter Veronica, while his other children look on. The News and Information Bureau/Malacanang Palace via AP
Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co arrives on a wheelchair at Bang Sue Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday to surrender to police on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Sakchai Lalit/AP BANGKOK — A construction magnate
President Trump visits the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on May 15, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump visited a mosque on Thursday — his first publicly
