Palestinian hamlets are seen at the E1 area, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, between the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim and the occupied West Bank town of Eizariya, on Aug. 14. Nasser Nasser/AP hide caption toggle caption Nasser Nasser/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement
Veronika Osintseva says she has no idea how she walked away with just a fractured leg, a chipped tooth and some bruises. Hanna Palamarenko for NPR hide caption toggle caption Hanna Palamarenko for NPR On the evening of July 31, Veronika Osintseva went to sleep in her bedroom at her family's apartment in a western
Black smoke rises from a damaged electronics manufacturing company after the Russian military hit a large American company producing civilian electronics with two missiles in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region of Ukraine, Thursday. Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration/Anadolu via Getty Images KYIV, Ukraine — Two Russian cruise
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories The Israeli military is calling up 60,000 reservists ahead of its expanded military operation in Gaza City, bringing the total number of
Children cool off in a mist fountain in central Paris amid a heatwave, on Aug. 13. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images PARIS — France's latest political controversy isn't about taxes, retirement or even cuts to summer vacation. It's about air conditioning. As European summers get hotter
The demarcation line marking the border between Canada and the United States is seen in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in May. Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images On a typical day at Bluff Point Golf Resort in Plattsburgh, N.Y., you used to be able
M23 rebel soldiers board pickup truck in Goma on May 18, 2025. JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP hide caption toggle caption JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Rwandan backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 141 villagers in July, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, despite hopes that President Trump-backed peace talks would end
Ukrainian servicemen of the 44th artillery brigade fire a 2s22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine on Wednesday. Danylo Antoniuk/AP hide caption toggle caption Danylo Antoniuk/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40
