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Greetings from Afrin, Syria, where Kurds danced their hearts out to celebrate spring

Loading... Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share moments from their lives and work around the world. With their red loafers and scarves and sashaying, it's almost like these men, by linking their arms and dancing their hearts out, are able to briefly erase the horrors that happened here. During

The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City’s mayor are shot dead

Crime scene investigators work at the site where the personal secretary and an advisor to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez) Tristan Velazquez/AP hide caption toggle caption Tristan Velazquez/AP MEXICO CITY — The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City's

U.S. sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

A Honduran migrant who returned voluntarily from the United States walks after arriving at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Monday. Delmer Martinez/AP hide caption toggle caption Delmer Martinez/AP SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The United States on Monday sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries, the

Israel holds ceasefire talks with Hamas, as new ground operation in Gaza begins

Israeli soldiers move tanks around staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Ariel Schalit/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military on Sunday said it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, as the sides entered their first round of

Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large

Supporters of conservative presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki hold up signs as they rally in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The writing reads: Karol, the man who will become president, Wake up, Poland! and Our president Karol Nawrocki. Czarek Sokolowski/AP hide caption toggle caption Czarek Sokolowski/AP WARSAW, Poland — Poles are voting Sunday in a

Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after the 1994 genocide return home

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Moses Sawasawa/AP hide caption toggle caption Moses Sawasawa/AP GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994

Here are 5 takeaways from Trump’s first major foreign trip to the Middle East

President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East. There were opulent palaces, fighter jet

Yuval Raphael, a Hamas attack survivor, is representing Israel at Eurovision

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael is representing Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest. She performs "New Day Will Rise" during a dress rehearsal for the second semifinal in Basel, Switzerland, on May 14. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — This week the Eurovision Song