US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries
The United States is indefinitely suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries in another expansion of the Trump…
Xi’s Taiwan scorecard: why 2026 is not the year
A Chinese attempt at blockading or invading Taiwan in 2026 is unlikely. Instead, Beijing is likely to persist…
Japanese and South Korean leaders bang out surprise K-pop drum duet
Tokyo — The leaders of Japan and South Korea have shown an unusual level of harmony, banging out a…
Hospitaller Fortress in Acre, Israel : NPR
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work…
Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors | Technology
Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok,…
Uganda elections explained: A pop star and an ageing autocrat compete for the presidency amid a crackdown
Millions of Ugandans will Thursday cast their votes in a crucial presidential rematch between a former pop star…
Russia turning occupied Donbas into ‘huge military base to frighten Europe’ | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – A Russian officer in the Moscow-occupied part of the Donetsk region in southeastern Ukraine has…
Police chief apologises for AI error that helped form Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban decision
West Midlands Police’s chief constable has apologised to MPs for giving them an error in evidence over the…
Trump envoy announces launch of ‘phase two’ of plan to end Gaza war | News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Steve Witkoff says Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan is “moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic…
Russian doctors arrested over 9 babies die in maternity hospital
Two senior doctors have been arrested in Russia following the deaths of nine babies in a maternity hospital…
Trump says ‘anything less’ than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable’
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that “anything less” than US control of Greenland is “unacceptable,” arguing the United…
Ukraine’s new defense chief reveals 200,000 soldiers have gone AWOL and 2 million are draft dodging
Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their…