Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues. Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images PARIS — Foreign ministers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany met
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues. Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images PARIS — Foreign ministers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany met
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which
A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11. Salah Malkawi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Salah Malkawi/Getty Images AMMAN, Jordan — The King Hussein Cancer Center is huge and gleaming, with steel beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. Cozy cafes
Enlarge this image War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR Though low tech, table
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues. Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images PARIS — Foreign ministers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany met
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which
A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11. Salah Malkawi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Salah Malkawi/Getty Images AMMAN, Jordan — The King Hussein Cancer Center is huge and gleaming, with steel beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. Cozy cafes
Enlarge this image War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR Though low tech, table
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center after an all members briefing on the attack on Israel on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Middle East crisis — explained Trump to decide on Iran action
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
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 President Trump intensified his rhetoric against Iran yesterday by threatening to target Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claiming he is an
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, of New York's 17th District, marches in the 2025 Israel Day Parade, on New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, May 18. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP House Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., agrees with President Trump that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon and would support a move by the
This photo shows a general view of a North Korean giant loudspeaker (C), near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, in Paju on June 12, 2025. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images GANGHWA, South Korea — Kim Ok-soon used to take bike rides along a
Enlarge this image Smoke rises from an oil storage facility after it appeared to have been struck by Israeli in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP Smoke rises from an oil storage facility after it appeared to have been struck by Israeli in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Vahid Salemi/AP
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, third left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, at the headquarters of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in
Palestinians are brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after being wounded or killed by Israeli forces while they tried to get food on Tuesday. Moaz Abu Taha/APAimages via Reuters hide caption toggle caption Moaz Abu Taha/APAimages via Reuters GAZA CITY and DUBAI — Israel's primary focus is now its war with Iran, but Israeli
Smoke rises from the rubble of an Iranian state media building in Tehran after an Israeli airstrike on June 16, 2025. The strike, which Israel confirmed targeted "terror-linked propaganda infrastructure," marks a further escalation in regional tensions. MINA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MINA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images There was
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues. Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images PARIS — Foreign ministers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany met
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which
A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11. Salah Malkawi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Salah Malkawi/Getty Images AMMAN, Jordan — The King Hussein Cancer Center is huge and gleaming, with steel beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. Cozy cafes
Enlarge this image War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR Though low tech, table
