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President Trump’s Vision of U.S. Shipbuilding Requires Rebuilding An Industry

Enlarge this image The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is seen in the Newport News Shipbuilding yard on Aug. 26, 2022, ahead of a keel-laying ceremony. (Kendall Warner/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Kendall Warner/Newport News Daily Press/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kendall Warner/Newport News Daily Press/Getty Images The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is

Celebrate World Photography Day by showing NPR the coolest shot you’ve ever captured

A woman is seen photographing the Autumnal colours of the leaves on trees at the National Arboretum at Westonbirt on October 22, 2005, in Gloucestershire, England. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe For decades, World Photography Day has celebrated how a picture can often convey more than

India says it killed militants behind the deadly attack on civilians in Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Special Operation Group personnel guard near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on Monday. Mukhtar Khan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mukhtar Khan/AP MUMBAI, India — Three months after militants killed 26 tourists at a scenic meadow in the Himalayas, India said on Tuesday that

8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

A traffic jam forms in Honolulu on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, as people heed a tsunami evacuation warning that coincided with rush hour following a powerful earthquakes in Russia's Far East early Wednesday. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP TOKYO — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending

Afghans caught in mass deportations in Iran face an uncertain future at home

Returnees cross the border from Iran on July 3 in Islam Qala, Afghanistan. More than 1.3 million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan this year from Iran, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, after the Iranian government ordered undocumented Afghans to leave the country. Elise Blanchard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elise Blanchard/Getty

The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel doesn’t agree to a Gaza ceasefire

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Tuesday, the day the Cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza. Toby Melville/Pool Reuters/AP hide caption toggle caption Toby Melville/Pool Reuters/AP The United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state by September unless Israel commits to peace in

A ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ is unfolding in Gaza, a U.N.-backed report warns

A charity distributes meals to Palestinians facing food shortages amid ongoing Israeli attacks and severe restrictions in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Monday. Ali Jadallah/Andalou/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ali Jadallah/Andalou/Getty Images A United Nations-affiliated organization that tracks food security worldwide has issued a dire alert confirming that a "worst-case" famine scenario is unfolding

As Gaza starves, the next generation may also endure the consequences

Hundreds of Palestinians wait for hours to receive food aid in Gaza City on July 27. Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images The people of Gaza are experiencing a dire hunger crisis — and the consequences could reverberate across generations. Roughly a third of the