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Chinese President Xi Calls for All-Out Rescue After Coal Mine Explosion Kills at Least 82
Deadly mining accident prompts investigation as Chinese leader emphasizes need to "hold those responsible to account."
WorldMoscow Residents Describe 'Total Nightmare' as Ukrainian Drone Attacks Reach Capital
Attacks on seat of Kremlin power shake residents deeply as conflict comes home to Russia's capital region.
WorldIsraeli Settler Attack on Palestinian Family Dog Shocks West Bank Community
Video of Belgian Malinois named Lucy being brutally beaten with clubs goes viral, highlighting escalating violence against Palestinians and their property.
WorldEuropeans Consider Ukraine Peace Envoy as Debate Intensifies Over Putin Talks
Before anointing someone to negotiate with Russia, European leaders are grappling with fundamental questions about what they would actually discuss.
WorldTaliban Decree on Divorce Formalizes Child Marriage in Afghanistan, UN Warns
New Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to escape marriage and mandates mediation for women fleeing abuse.
WorldSacred Buddhist Hall in Japan Destroyed by Fire, 1,200-Year 'Eternal Flame' Saved
Reikado Hall near Hiroshima burned down Wednesday morning, but spiritual leaders successfully relocated the ancient flame to safety.
WorldUganda Suspends All Flights and Border Travel with Congo Over Rapidly Spreading Ebola Outbreak
Health ministry implements emergency restrictions as virus reaches rebel-controlled province, bringing total cases to nearly 600 with 139 deaths.
WorldSacred Buddhist Hall in Japan Destroyed by Fire, 1,200-Year-Old 'Eternal Flame' Survives and Relocated
The ancient flame, which spiritual leaders say has burned continuously for over a millennium, was successfully rescued and moved to a different site.
WorldWorld Health Organization Declares Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as Bundibugyo Strain Spreads to Kinshasa
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus invoked the agency’s highest alarm Sunday after eight confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases and 80 suspected deaths surfaced in Ituri Province, with cross-border spread to western Uganda and no approved vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain.
WorldLeaked State Department Cable Orders U.S. Diplomats to Threaten Palestinian Visas Unless U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour Withdraws His Bid for a General Assembly Vice Presidency
The May 19 'sensitive but unclassified' cable directs the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem to pressure Palestinian officials to abandon one of the 21 vice-president slots at the next U.N. session, citing Mansour's record of accusing Israel of genocide and warning of possible visa revocation in what former diplomats call an unprecedented threat.
WorldBolivia's La Paz Under Siege as Two Weeks of Nationwide Road Blockades Empty Markets, Drain Hospital Oxygen and Kill at Least Three, Pushing Six-Month-Old Paz Government Into Its Worst Crisis
The Bolivian Workers' Central, peasant unions and miners have closed roads across nearly the entire country after the government imported 'junk gasoline' that damaged transport fleets — and now Argentina has launched a humanitarian airlift while eight Latin American governments warn against any attempt to topple the democratic order.
WorldXi and Putin Project Unity Days After Trump's Beijing Visit
During a state visit, the Chinese and Russian leaders positioned themselves as a stabilizing force in a world destabilized by Washington.
WorldXi and Putin Project Unity Days After Trump Visit to Beijing
During a state visit, the Chinese and Russian leaders cast themselves as a stabilizing force in a world thrown into tumult by Washington.
WorldXi Jinping Deepens Ties with Putin Days After Hosting Trump at Beijing Summit
Chinese leader calls for Middle East ceasefire while ignoring Ukraine war and taking veiled swipe at United States during Moscow meeting.
WorldPutin Says Ukraine War May Be Winding Down and Offers Direct Talks With Zelenskyy in Moscow or a Neutral Country, Capping a Week of 1,000-for-1,000 Prisoner Swaps and a Three-Day Ceasefire
The Russian leader's Victory Day overture is his most explicit yet, but Moscow still demands Ukrainian forces leave four annexed oblasts while Kyiv insists on a front-line freeze — and Washington's focus has pivoted to the Iran war.
WorldEbola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months as Death Toll Exceeds 130
The World Health Organization reports more than 540 cases across Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with experts warning the true numbers could be much higher.
WorldPutin Arrives in Beijing for Two-Day Xi Summit Just 48 Hours After Trump's State Visit, as China Cements Role as 'Focal Point of Global Diplomacy'
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in the Chinese capital Tuesday evening to commemorate the 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness with Xi Jinping. Energy supplies, Ukraine peace talks and the Iran war are expected to dominate the closed-door agenda.
WorldIsrael Accelerates Home Demolitions in East Jerusalem's Silwan, With Rights Groups Saying 1,450 Palestinians Now Face Expulsion From Their Homes
B'Tselem says Israeli authorities have issued sweeping demolition orders covering the entire al-Bustan section of the 20,000-resident Palestinian neighborhood since the war with Iran began, with U.N. experts warning the campaign 'amounts to ethnic cleansing.'
World'Taiwan Travelogue' Becomes First Mandarin-Language Novel to Win the International Booker Prize, as Yang Shuang-zi and Lin King Split £50,000 Award
The 1930s-set novel about a Japanese travel writer and her Taiwanese interpreter beat finalists from Iran, Brazil, France and Germany to take the prize on its 10th anniversary, marking a first for both Taiwanese fiction and a Taiwanese-American translator.
WorldG7 Finance Ministers Pledge Fiscal Restraint in Paris Communique as Iran War Slams Bond Markets and Pushes Oil Above $100 for First Time Since 2022
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, the U.K., Canada and Japan agreed to a measured stimulus approach as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran rattles sovereign debt and inflation expectations.
WorldUkraine's Oil Strikes on Russia Trigger Environmental Disaster, Flipping War's Ecological Script
After four years of Moscow causing ecological damage, Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil facilities are creating new environmental catastrophes.
WorldWHO Chief 'Deeply Concerned' as Ebola Outbreak Reaches 513 Cases Across Congo and Uganda
Health officials report sharp rise to more than 130 suspected deaths since outbreak was first identified, marking significant escalation.
WorldGlobal Executions Hit 44-Year High at 2,707 as Iran and Saudi Arabia Drive 78% Jump, Amnesty International Reports
Iran alone executed at least 2,159 people in 2025 — more than double 2024 — with nearly half of all known killings worldwide carried out for nonviolent drug offenses.
WorldJapan Rolls Type-88 Anti-Ship Missiles Onto Ishigaki, 150 Miles From Taiwan, in First Wartime-Footed Nansei Exercise
About 300 troops and two ScanEagle II surveillance drones deployed across Ishigaki, Yonaguni and Miyakojima through May 22 in what defense analysts call a triple signal — to Tokyo's own public, to Washington, and to Beijing.
WorldUS Demands Major Role in Greenland as Closed-Door Talks Worry Danish Officials
Greenlandic officials express concern about negotiation direction as they face Trump's threats to seize their island with little leverage.
WorldUkraine Hurls Largest-Ever Drone Swarm at Moscow, Killing Four and Setting Fire at Capital Oil Refinery
Russia's defense ministry says 556 drones were destroyed overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky calls the strike 'entirely justified,' adding pressure on Kremlin air defenses.
WorldUyghur Fighters Who Toppled Assad Now Hold Posts in Syria's New Army, Setting Up Diplomatic Showdown With Beijing
NPR's rare interviews with senior Uyghur commanders detail a two-mile tunnel raid near Aleppo and reveal Syria's plan to grant some fighters citizenship despite Chinese sanctions pressure.
WorldTrump and Xi Lock In $17 Billion-a-Year Farm Deal, 200 Boeing Jets and Eased Rare-Earth Controls After Beijing Summit
The White House and Beijing released competing fact sheets Sunday detailing the summit's tangible outcomes — agricultural purchases, aircraft orders, and a partial unwinding of rare-earth export controls — but no deal on Taiwan, TikTok, fentanyl or Iran.
WorldUS Demands Major Role in Greenland as Closed-Door Negotiations Intensify
Greenlandic officials express growing concerns about talks aimed at defusing President Trump's threats to seize their island, but have little leverage in discussions.
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US Demands Major Role in Greenland Amid Closed-Door Talks, Officials Worry About Trump Seizure Threats
Greenlandic leaders express concern over negotiation direction as they possess little leverage against American pressure.
