New Zealand lawmakers Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, top left, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, bottom left, and Rawiri Waititi, bottom right, watch as other legislators debate their proposed bans in parliament in Wellington on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Charlotte Graham-McLay/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlotte Graham-McLay/AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from
Ambulances drive to the Eduardus Hospital in Cologne-Deutz to evacuate the hospital before specialists defuse three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II that were unearthed earlier this week in Cologne, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Henning Kaiser/DPA/AP hide caption toggle caption Henning Kaiser/DPA/AP COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were
People who fled violence in Darfur walk through a makeshift encampment in the western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP/Getty Images JOHANNESBURG — The food that a United Nations convoy was taking to the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher would have been the first humanitarian aid desperate
Enlarge this image Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern speaks during Cinema Cafe 2 during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards. Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern speaks during Cinema Cafe 2 during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards.
A billboard campaigning for each family to have two children hangs above a street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan. 14, 2024. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has scrapped a policy that limited couples to have up to two children, as it addresses a declining
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. Mexico City is dog-crazy. Ladies push their poodles in strollers across the parks; one of the Chinese restaurants by our house has a full menu for your pooch — not
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
