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Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former national security adviser Mike Waltz faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on

Enlarge this image Bushra Ajaj and Hasan Ajam hold the Syrian flag in Gaziantep, Turkey. Rebecca Rosman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Rosman/NPR Bushra Ajaj and Hasan Ajam hold the Syrian flag in Gaziantep, Turkey. Rebecca Rosman/NPR Millions of Syrians fled their country during the civil war that lasted more than a decade. Now the

Enlarge this image Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, July 11, 2025. Michael Shtekel/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Shtekel/AP Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, July 11, 2025. Michael Shtekel/AP Russia ratcheted up air

This plaque inside a medical facility in Pretoria states that it was funded by the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP hide caption toggle caption PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Decades of progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS are in danger of unraveling, the United Nations Aids Agency (UNAIDS)

Enlarge this image People carrying aid parcels walk along the Salah al-Din road, used by food-seeking Palestinians to reach an aid distribution point set up by the privately-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images People carrying aid parcels walk along the Salah al-Din road

A container ship docked at the Port of Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the U.S. must respect his country —

Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng eats fruit presented for her first birthday celebration at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Sakchai Lalit/AP CHONBURI, Thailand — Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo on Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 11, 2023. Salvatore Di Nolfi/AP/Keystone hide caption toggle caption Salvatore Di Nolfi/AP/Keystone UNITED NATIONS — The Trump administration