Enlarge this image US President President Donald Trump (L), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (2nd-R), and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (2nd-L) tour a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida earlier this month DREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/AFP via Getty Images US President President
Martin Van Buren served as U.S. president from 1837 to 1841. Some would say he was not much more than an OK president. National Archives/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption toggle caption National Archives/Getty Images/Hulton Archive From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, the languages may differ, but nearly every taxi driver or street vendor
Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change, is joined by climate activists at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday. The country pushed for years for the court to hear its first major climate change case. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Dejong/AP The top United Nations court has ruled that nations are obligated
Palestinians hold onto an aid truck returning to Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites
Jackie Lay/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. The truth is, it's been years since I visited the mausoleum. But I'll never forget the first time. 30 years ago. As an exchange student. How my eyes struggled to adjust in
This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China's largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China. DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images Deep in an underground, World War II-era vault on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, investment
People chant while holding banners during a protest against a law targeting anti-corruption institutions in central Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday. Alex Babenko/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Babenko/AP KYIV — A controversial new law removing the independence of Ukraine's top anti-corruption watchdogs has sparked the first major protests in the country since Russia's full-scale invasion
Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on July 11. Michael Shtekel/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Shtekel/AP MOSCOW and KYIV — Russia and Ukraine are set to meet for a third round of ceasefire talks in Istanbul this week, amid recent new threats by President Trump
