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
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday. SANA/AP hide caption toggle caption SANA/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel launched airstrikes into Syria's capital of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting the Defense Ministry headquarters and
A Bhutanese and American flag are displayed on the desk of a business in Harrisburg, PA on April 16. This is not the first time that Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees have faced questions about citizenship and belonging. Some 30 years ago, they were branded as illegal immigrants by the Bhutanese government and were expelled or forced
A military vehicle drives by Patriot air defense systems installed at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport, a logistics hub for U.S. and European military aid to Ukraine, in southeastern Poland on March 6. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working
Smoke rise from clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze militias in Sweida city, southern Syria on Tuesday. Omar Sanadiki/AP hide caption toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP DAMASCUS, Syria — Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatened
Police officers stand in formation behind a drone that will be used to increase the security in Jamundi, Valle del Cauca province, Colombia, on June 13, 2024. JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP via Getty Images BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Inside a cavernous hangar next to Bogotá's international airport, military officers
Protesters enter Miznon Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Australia, July 4. Demonstrators clashed with staff at the restaurant, which is co-owned by Shahar Segal, who had joined the Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a spokesperson. Segal has since left his role with the controversial Gaza food distribution group. Alex Zucco/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former national security adviser Mike Waltz faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on
Enlarge this image Stanley Gibbons is probably the best-known name in the philatelic world: their catalogues are the standard reference work for collectors and dealers alike and they are the market leader in the stamp collecting business. Whitemay/Getty hide caption toggle caption Whitemay/Getty Stanley Gibbons is probably the best-known name in the philatelic world: their
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
