Charm and charges for India’s youth
India’s ruling party, the BJP, realizes it has a problem reaching young voters. Last month, youth-led protests, sparked by education…
Israeli settlers besiege a West Bank house owned by a U.S. citizen
The family of a Palestinian American man have been under siege in their home in the occupied West Bank. Extremist…
Heavy environmental toll of war in southern Lebanon
Beneath the shattered villages and scorched fields of southern Lebanon lies a quieter aftermath of war - contaminated land. Israel's…
China’s courts side with AI-displaced workers but job anxiety persists
In China, top leaders are pushing the adoption of Artificial Intelligence. Companies there are using AI at a scale that…
Pacific marine monuments lose environmental protections
The Trump administration is opening federally-protected marine areas in the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing. In rarely granted access, NPR…
Count Binface runs against Reform Party’s Farage in UK election
A trash-can wearing comedian is far-right Nigel Farage’s main rival in this week’s Parliamentary election in the British town of…
Why does Switzerland have so many nuclear bunkers?
Switzerland might be thought of as the land of snow-capped alps and incredibly good chocolate. But it is also a…
The Iran war hangs over a major Shiite pilgrimage
It is one of the largest gatherings of people in the world. More than 20 million Shia Muslim pilgrims gathered…
Israeli settler activity increases in the West Bank
The West Bank is a Palestinian territory between Israel and Jordan that been under Israeli military occupation since 1967. For…
Why Russia’s strikes on Ukraine are more intense; Germany’s song of the summer
Ukraine’s defense forces have beaten back many types of Russian attacks during more than four years of war. But recently…