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‘I just walked out’: The sole survivor of the Air India crash shares his story

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

Why did Israel strike Iran? An Israeli politician and a US-Iran expert weigh in

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

Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear and missile sites, prompting retaliation from Tehran

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

What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard?

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

Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen

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

Hong Kong police accuse mobile game of promoting ‘armed revolution’

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.

Chile’s Indigenous fishermen say the salmon industry threatens their way of life

Reinaldo Caro unloads his catch from the shoreline of the Almirante Montt Gulf, Chilean Patagonia. John Bartlett for NPR hide caption toggle caption John Bartlett for NPR PUERTO NATALES, Chile — Out beyond Isla Focus, a bare island in the fjords an hour off the coast of Puerto Natales, southern Chile, the waves pick up

The many ways Ukraine carries out unprecedented drone attacks

Ukrainian troops prepare to launch a drone in eastern Ukraine on April 30. Throughout the war, Ukraine has carried out innovative drone attacks never seen before in combat. Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine's recent attack on Russian warplanes was audacious, innovative and unprecedented. Ukraine's stealthy