Afghans in Pakistan awaiting U.S. resettlement are stuck in a treacherous limbo
A former employee of Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry walks in his neighborhood with his youngest daughter on Jan. 21, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Betsy Joles for NPR…
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Trump administration again labels the Houthis a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, listens as President Trump, left, meets with France’s President Emmanuel Macron in the White House on Feb. 24. Ludovic…
President Trump pauses Ukraine military aid
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their Oval Office last Friday. Zelenskyy left the contentious meeting without a deal. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide…
Pakistan is out of its own cricket tournament, but its fans are still excited to host
India’s Shreyas Iyer (left) plays a shot as Pakistan’s wicketkeeper captain Mohammad Rizwan watches during the ICC Champions Trophy one-day international cricket match between Pakistan…
Kurdish militant group PKK declares ceasefire after decades of conflict with Turkey
A woman waves a flag bearing a picture of the founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, as people gather in the Kurdish-majority…
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Reigning chess world champion Boris Spassky, left, of Russia, and international grandmaster Bobby Fischer of the United States, are seen during a game at the…
The U.S. resumes hundreds of millions in security aid to Taiwan, annoying China
A man stands in front of Taiwanese navy ships anchored at the harbor in Keelung, near Taipei in northern Taiwan, on Dec. 11, 2024. I-Hwa…
2 years after Greece’s deadliest train crash, victims and families await answers
Wrecked wagons and mangled pieces of metal are seen near the tracks after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 1,…
4 thoughts on Trump’s aggression toward Europe from EU’s foreign policy chief
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council…
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Rabbi Yusuf Hamra steps into the more than 500-year-old Faranj synagogue in Damascus for the first time in more than three decades. He left Syria,…