Israel President Isaac Herzog is seen at his official residence in Jerusalem. Benny Doutsh for NPR hide caption toggle caption Benny Doutsh for NPR JERUSALEM — Israeli President Isaac Herzog told NPR that his country would welcome international support in its war to eradicate Iran's nuclear program, which Israel says was on the threshold of
Enlarge this image President George W. Bush sits in the Oval Office of the White House late March 19, 2003, after a national address announcing he had launched war against Iraq. Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images President George W. Bush sits in the Oval Office of
Airmen look at a GBU-57, or a Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on May 2, 2023. AP/U.S. Air Force hide caption toggle caption AP/U.S. Air Force As the escalated conflict between Israel and Iran entered its sixth day, the U.S appears to be increasingly weighing direct military involvement. "I
Enlarge this image Satellite image from Planet Labs PBC from March 19, 2025, showing the Fordo nuclear site, in Iran. Graphic by Clea Peculier, Sabrina Blanchard, Fred Garet, Frederic Bourgeais/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP via Getty Images Satellite image from Planet Labs PBC from March 19, 2025
Protesters from 'Abortion Rights' watch Alex Davies-Jones, Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, talk in the House of Commons as they gather near Parliament, where MPs are voting on the decriminalization of abortion on June 17 in London. Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images LONDON — In the
Jackie Lay/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. You might not realize it, but everything from AI chatbots and autonomous driving systems requires literally trillions of data points to train. My colleague Emily Feng and I were curious
An Iranian protester holds up a poster of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an anti-Israel gathering in Tehran, Iran, on June 13. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP President Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether the United States is moving closer to a decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, after Iran's supreme
Israeli air defense systems fire to intercept Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv before dawn Wednesday. Israel and Iran exchanged fire for a sixth day. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has argued for decades that Iran was on the verge of producing