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Israeli president calls on the world to help destroy Iran nuclear sites

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

Lessons from Iraq, as Trump teases attacks on Iran

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

The U.S. could use ‘bunker buster’ bombs in Iran. Here’s what to know about them

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

What We Know About Iran’s Nuclear Program

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

U.K. Parliament bans women from being prosecuted for late-term abortion

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

Greetings from Shenyang, China, where workers sort AI data in ‘Severance’-like ways

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

Trump says ‘nobody knows’ what he’ll do as Iran warns the U.S. not to strike

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

Israel and U.S. intelligence differ on status of Iran’s nuclear program. Who’s right?

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