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Trump vs. U.S. allies: How will this end?
The president has backed off his threat to take Greenland by force. But his highly inflammatory remarks in Switzerland rattled U.S. allies and threatened to tea...
Iran blocked the internet amid deadly protests. Some voices are still getting through
Weeks into an internet blackout in Iran, NPR speaks to a protester who is still online and a U.S.-based activist who is trying to get more Starlink terminals in...
Trump's provocative rhetoric about Greenland threatens long-standing world order
President Trump says he won't take Greenland by force, but he delivered provocative statements that have threatened to tear down the pillars of the world order...
The U.S. is leaving the WHO. But like most breakups, the details are complicated
The U.S.'s break from the World Health Organization is almost finalized. But the details of the breakup are complicated - as are the post-divorce dynamics.
Two dead and several missing in New Zealand landslides
Heavy rains have ravaged the country's North Island, with a minister comparing it to a "war zone".
South African police not yet able to defeat gangs, minister says
Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says organised crime is growing more complex, requiring new strategies.
Police officer cleared of failing to stop school shooting gunman who killed 21
A former police officer has been acquitted of criminal child-endangerment charges related to his role in the flawed law enforcement response to the 2022 Uvalde...
Israeli fire strikes journalists and children in Gaza
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the enclave 's...
Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before US Congress in Epstein probe
The convicted sex trafficker has previously said she would decline to answer questions unless she is granted immunity.
Slashed incomes and gamers go cold turkey: the fallout from Uganda's internet shutdown
The internet was shut during the general election, leaving many people without any income - or entertainment.
Footage captures moment NZ landslide starts in Mount Maunganui
An Australian tourist describes seeing one of the landslides behind him and running from it.
The penny dropped over Trump's Greenland plans - self-defeating, undeliverable and frankly mad
European governments and their diplomats here in Washington are as relieved as they are exasperated by this extraordinary Greenland show and latest act which pl...