Netanyahu defends Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City, despite global condemnation

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday. Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his plan to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining sliver of Gaza not

European leaders urge for Ukraine to be included in Trump-Putin Alaska peace talks

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to media prior to talks at Villa Borsig on July 23 in Berlin. Christian Mang/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Mang/Getty Images As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska later this week, European leaders have stressed that Ukraine

A new NPR series looks at the forces changing the world order

Jackie Lay/NPR For decades after the end of World War II, the phrase "liberal international order" was often associated with a few things: globalization, multilateralism, and a rules-based global system anchored by U.S. leadership. But today, this order is fracturing as authoritarian powers resurge and global alliances shift. Seen from Washington, President Trump's tariffs, doubts

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Netanyahu defends Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City, despite global condemnation

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday. Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his plan to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining sliver of Gaza not

European leaders urge for Ukraine to be included in Trump-Putin Alaska peace talks

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to media prior to talks at Villa Borsig on July 23 in Berlin. Christian Mang/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Mang/Getty Images As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska later this week, European leaders have stressed that Ukraine

A new NPR series looks at the forces changing the world order

Jackie Lay/NPR For decades after the end of World War II, the phrase "liberal international order" was often associated with a few things: globalization, multilateralism, and a rules-based global system anchored by U.S. leadership. But today, this order is fracturing as authoritarian powers resurge and global alliances shift. Seen from Washington, President Trump's tariffs, doubts

Texas big game hunter killed while stalking African Cape buffalo

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, a buffalo is seen in a pen at Melorani Safaris at Olifantsvallei, South Africa. Denis Farrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Denis Farrell/AP A Texas real estate magnate and trophy hunter was killed by a Cape buffalo during a hunting expedition in South Africa, according to a safari

An ancient archaeological site meets conspiracy theories — and Joe Rogan

A view of the ancient site of Gobekli Tepe, known as the world's oldest temple, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on Feb. 17. Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the

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Netanyahu defends Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City, despite global condemnation

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday. Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his plan to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining sliver of Gaza not

European leaders urge for Ukraine to be included in Trump-Putin Alaska peace talks

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to media prior to talks at Villa Borsig on July 23 in Berlin. Christian Mang/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Mang/Getty Images As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska later this week, European leaders have stressed that Ukraine

A new NPR series looks at the forces changing the world order

Jackie Lay/NPR For decades after the end of World War II, the phrase "liberal international order" was often associated with a few things: globalization, multilateralism, and a rules-based global system anchored by U.S. leadership. But today, this order is fracturing as authoritarian powers resurge and global alliances shift. Seen from Washington, President Trump's tariffs, doubts

Texas big game hunter killed while stalking African Cape buffalo

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, a buffalo is seen in a pen at Melorani Safaris at Olifantsvallei, South Africa. Denis Farrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Denis Farrell/AP A Texas real estate magnate and trophy hunter was killed by a Cape buffalo during a hunting expedition in South Africa, according to a safari

An ancient archaeological site meets conspiracy theories — and Joe Rogan

A view of the ancient site of Gobekli Tepe, known as the world's oldest temple, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on Feb. 17. Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the

Italy is reviving plans for a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland. Will it work?

An artistic rendering of the proposed 2-mile-long Strait of Messina Bridge between Sicily and the rest of Italy. Stretto di Messina hide caption toggle caption Stretto di Messina The Italian government this week gave the green light for construction to start on what it says would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge. The Strait

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Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases

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 Elias Rodriguez, who is suspected of killing two Israeli Embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been charged with

Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 4 dead and 1 missing

In this photo provided by the New South Wales Police, emergency workers wade through floodwaters as they prepare inflatable boats to effect rescues near Taree, Australia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. AP/NSW Police hide caption toggle caption AP/NSW Police MELBOURNE, Australia — Record floodwaters on Australia's east coast have left four people dead and one missing

Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school’s sports teams

Members of Yale crew, left, and Harvard crew, right, greet one another after the 4-mile course along the Thames River for the 146th Harvard-Yale Regatta, in New London, Conn., on May 28, 2011. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessica Hill/AP CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Some of Harvard's sports teams would be virtually wiped out by

Voice of America’s prospects appear grim after appeals court order

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Former U.S. ambassador to Israel says D.C. shooting is part of an ‘explosion’ of antisemitism

People hold signs and Israeli national flags in a sign of support outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images Details are continuing to emerge in the wake of

Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism

Enlarge this image Handwritten notes are left at the site of the recent shooting outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were gunned down Wednesday evening after an event at the museum by a man

The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base

This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy/AP hide caption toggle caption U.S. Navy/AP LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also

South Africa’s president is praised for staying calm during Trump’s Oval Office ambush

President Trump meets South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP JOHANNESBURG — "All in all it was awful but it could have been worse," was how one South African newspaper summed up President Cyril Ramaphosa's extraordinary Oval Office meeting with

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Netanyahu defends Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City, despite global condemnation

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday. Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his plan to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining sliver of Gaza not

European leaders urge for Ukraine to be included in Trump-Putin Alaska peace talks

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to media prior to talks at Villa Borsig on July 23 in Berlin. Christian Mang/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Mang/Getty Images As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska later this week, European leaders have stressed that Ukraine

A new NPR series looks at the forces changing the world order

Jackie Lay/NPR For decades after the end of World War II, the phrase "liberal international order" was often associated with a few things: globalization, multilateralism, and a rules-based global system anchored by U.S. leadership. But today, this order is fracturing as authoritarian powers resurge and global alliances shift. Seen from Washington, President Trump's tariffs, doubts

Texas big game hunter killed while stalking African Cape buffalo

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, a buffalo is seen in a pen at Melorani Safaris at Olifantsvallei, South Africa. Denis Farrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Denis Farrell/AP A Texas real estate magnate and trophy hunter was killed by a Cape buffalo during a hunting expedition in South Africa, according to a safari

An ancient archaeological site meets conspiracy theories — and Joe Rogan

A view of the ancient site of Gobekli Tepe, known as the world's oldest temple, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on Feb. 17. Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the