Enlarge this image Israelis call for the end of the war at a protest near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 23, 2025. Hadeel Al-Shalchi/NPR hide caption toggle caption Hadeel Al-Shalchi/NPR Israelis call for the end of the war at a protest near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 23, 2025. Hadeel Al-Shalchi/NPR
President Trump speaks during the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on May 26, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images President Trump said on social media on Wednesday that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin for an hour and 15 minutes about Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian
Enlarge this image Why is the Trump administration offering refugee status to white Afrikaners? Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images Why is the Trump administration offering refugee status to white Afrikaners? Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images You may have heard that the U.S. gained 59 new residents
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh, center, attends the opening ceremony at the Damascus Securities Exchange in Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) Omar Sanadiki/AP hide caption toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP DAMASCUS — Trading resumed on the Damascus Securities Exchange on Monday after a six-month closure, as Syria 's new leaders attempt
Enlarge this image In this image taken from video released June 1, 2025, by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service shows a Ukrainian drone striking Russian planes deep in Russia's territory. AP/Ukrainian Security Service hide caption toggle caption AP/Ukrainian Security Service In this image taken from video released June 1, 2025, by a source
In this image taken from video released June 1, 2025, by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service shows a Ukrainian drone striking Russian planes deep in Russia's territory. AP/Ukrainian Security Service hide caption toggle caption AP/Ukrainian Security Service MOSCOW and KYIV — Ukraine attacked Russia with a series of drone strikes on military air
Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a trolleybus depot following a drone strike in Kharkiv on Friday, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump often promised to get a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine in one day
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shown testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In the latest and most drastic move yet to curtail the