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Ukraine's special forces found documents, military tickets, notes, phones and equipment early this year on the bodies of North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk, a Russian region that borders Ukraine. Anton Shtuka for NPR hide caption toggle caption Anton Shtuka for NPR SUMY, Ukraine — During more than three years of Russia's full-scale war on

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem Hana/AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded on Sunday in

Viswashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of Thursday's Air India crash, meets with Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah at a hospital in Ahmedabad. Indian Ministry of Home Affairs/AP hide caption toggle caption Indian Ministry of Home Affairs/AP The sole survivor of the Air India crash that killed over 240 people also doesn't know how he made

People look over damage to buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Majid Saeedi/Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe Israel launched air strikes into Iran early Friday, targeting Iran's nuclear facilities and killing top military leaders, officials and nuclear scientists in

A firefighter calls out to his colleagues at the scene of an explosion in a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP AMMAN, Jordan, and TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel launched several waves of airstrikes into Iran early Friday, targeting the country's nuclear facilities and killing top

The back of Air India Flight 171 juts out of a building after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images An Air India flight ended in catastrophe Thursday, as Flight 171 crashed

Jackie Lay/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. Battered and bullet-ridden but still standing! It doesn't look it now, but this was one of the most elegant hotels in the Middle East. The Zenobia was built in the

A phone displaying the App Store page for the mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire. Ryland Barton/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryland Barton/NPR HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Tuesday warned people against downloading and using a gaming app that it says advocates "armed revolution" and the overthrow of the "fundamental system" of Mainland China.