Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivers a speech as he confirms that Polish forces shot down Russian drones, which violate the country's airspace, in Warsaw, Poland on September 10, 2025. Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images More than a dozen Russian
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on Tuesday. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images DOHA, Qatar — Qatar has slammed Israel's attack targeting Hamas leaders on its soil as an act of "state
Esme Nicholson, Jakie Lay /NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. If I'd had my microphone with me, you'd hear the bright coloratura of willow warblers and chiffchaffs, the resonant mezzo counterpoint of blackbirds, the soft rustling of leaves in
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivers a speech as he confirms that Polish forces shot down Russian drones, which violate the country's airspace, in Warsaw, Poland on September 10, 2025. Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images More than a dozen Russian
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on Tuesday. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images DOHA, Qatar — Qatar has slammed Israel's attack targeting Hamas leaders on its soil as an act of "state
Esme Nicholson, Jakie Lay /NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. If I'd had my microphone with me, you'd hear the bright coloratura of willow warblers and chiffchaffs, the resonant mezzo counterpoint of blackbirds, the soft rustling of leaves in
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 says it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas officials in Qatar's capital of Doha yesterday. The strike marks
Former Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili speaks to demonstrators of hundreds of Georgian companies as they went out into streets suspending their work during an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 15. Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP hide caption toggle caption Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP The country of Georgia is now a "weak Democracy" following last year's parliamentary
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivers a speech as he confirms that Polish forces shot down Russian drones, which violate the country's airspace, in Warsaw, Poland on September 10, 2025. Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images More than a dozen Russian
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on Tuesday. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images DOHA, Qatar — Qatar has slammed Israel's attack targeting Hamas leaders on its soil as an act of "state
Esme Nicholson, Jakie Lay /NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. If I'd had my microphone with me, you'd hear the bright coloratura of willow warblers and chiffchaffs, the resonant mezzo counterpoint of blackbirds, the soft rustling of leaves in
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 says it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas officials in Qatar's capital of Doha yesterday. The strike marks
Former Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili speaks to demonstrators of hundreds of Georgian companies as they went out into streets suspending their work during an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 15. Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP hide caption toggle caption Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP The country of Georgia is now a "weak Democracy" following last year's parliamentary
Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Gambrell/AP Middle East Israel launches airstrike targeting Hamas members in Qatar The Israeli military carried out unprecedented airstrikes Tuesday on senior Hamas leaders in a suburb
People walk past a sign for a polling station during local council elections in Folkestone, England in May. The British government is announcing plans to lower the voting age to 16. Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures via Getty Images The British government says it will introduce legislation
Palestinian Christians wait to pray at the midnight Christmas Eve Mass out side the Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, 2021. Adel Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Adel Hana/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on
Enlarge this image EMILY BYRSKI/AFP via Getty Images EMILY BYRSKI/AFP via Getty Images Edward Said brought the question of Palestine into the American mainstream. He taught at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, and today, more than two decades after his death, pro-Palestine student protesters on that campus and others have invoked his name. Meanwhile
The United Kingdom's flag is displayed as British troops and service personnel in Afghanistan are joined by International Security Assistance Force personnel and civilians as they gather for a Remembrance Sunday service at Kandahar Airfield, Nov. 9, 2014, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matt Cardy/Getty Images In the summer of
Millions of Syrians fled during the civil war more than a decade ago. After the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, many are considering returning home. But what is left to return to?
Jackie Lay/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Years ago, when I lived in Delhi, a madari — a monkey handler — and his two performing monkeys used to come to my neighborhood on a bicycle. I loved to see
Enlarge this image White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a copy of a letter to Japan, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, announcing 25% tariffs beginning on August 1st. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a copy of a letter to
Enlarge this image Ben and Sarah Brewington are comfortable with their decision to not have children but acknowledge that others may perceive their choice as selfish. Grace Widyatmadja for NPR hide caption toggle caption Grace Widyatmadja for NPR Ben and Sarah Brewington are comfortable with their decision to not have children but acknowledge that others
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivers a speech as he confirms that Polish forces shot down Russian drones, which violate the country's airspace, in Warsaw, Poland on September 10, 2025. Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Polish Prime Minister's Office Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images More than a dozen Russian
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on Tuesday. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images DOHA, Qatar — Qatar has slammed Israel's attack targeting Hamas leaders on its soil as an act of "state
Esme Nicholson, Jakie Lay /NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. If I'd had my microphone with me, you'd hear the bright coloratura of willow warblers and chiffchaffs, the resonant mezzo counterpoint of blackbirds, the soft rustling of leaves in
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 says it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas officials in Qatar's capital of Doha yesterday. The strike marks
Former Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili speaks to demonstrators of hundreds of Georgian companies as they went out into streets suspending their work during an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 15. Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP hide caption toggle caption Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP The country of Georgia is now a "weak Democracy" following last year's parliamentary
