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As Trump's deadline approaches, Iranian leaders respond in defiance
- NPR Staff
- Apr 7, 2026
Hours away from President Trump's 8 pm ET Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, attacks continued in the Persian Gulf with no agreem...
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Iran pushes back against Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz
- NPR Staff
- Apr 6, 2026
Iran's top officials pushed back against a ceasefire plan and President Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, striking a defiant tone as the...
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A music festival booked Kanye West, now known as Ye, and lost major sponsors
- Neda Ulaby
- Apr 6, 2026
The rapper Ye was announced as the headliner for the Wireless Festival in London. He's gained notoriety over the years for his antisemitic comments an...
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In Lebanon, more than 50 medics have been killed by Israel. Some say they're targeted
- Lauren Frayer
- Apr 5, 2026
Lebanon says at least 54 health workers are among more than 1,400 people killed by Israel during the current invasion. Human rights groups say first r...
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Trump says U.S. military has rescued airman shot down over Iran
- NPR Staff
- Apr 5, 2026
A U.S. Airforce officer whose plane was shot down in Iran was rescued by U.S. forces early Sunday after evading capture for more than a day in enemy t...
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Local culture shapes the Zairean liturgy
- Emmet Livingstone
- Apr 4, 2026
Easter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where congregants celebrate with the Zairean Rite, the only Vatican-approved liturgy shaped by local cu...
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'London Falling': A teenage imposter, an aging gangster and a body in the Thames
- Frank Langfitt
- Apr 4, 2026
In 2019, 19-year-old Zac Brettler leapt towards the River Thames from a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London. Patrick Radden Keefe investiga...
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The busiest place you've never seen
- Julia Gunther
- Apr 4, 2026
Photographer Julia Gunther and writer-filmmaker Nick Schönfeld chronicle the rhythms of daily life on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabi...
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Seville, Spain's Holy Week blends faith, tradition and spectacle
- Alexis Marshall
- Apr 3, 2026
Even as religious belief declines in Spain, the processions at Seville's Semana Santa — the Holy Week lead-up to Easter — draw crowds moved by music,...
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Iran hits Gulf refineries as Trump warns U.S. will attack Iranian bridges, power plants
- NPR Staff
- Apr 3, 2026
Iranian officials said one of the longest bridges linking Tehran to the city of Karaj was destroyed overnight, while Iranian missiles and drones hit I...
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Evacuation of U.S. troops from Mideast base sends community groups scrambling to help
- Steve Walsh
- Apr 3, 2026
Troops and their families have been pushed back to the United States after their bases in the Middle East were threatened by Iranian counterattacks. C...
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Pakistan says a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan is underway in China
- The Associated Press
- Apr 3, 2026
Pakistan confirmed it was holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China, where Beijing is trying to broker a lasting ceasefire af...