What Does Pakistan's Use of a New Chinese Fighter Jet Mean for the Future? – NPR

What Does Pakistan's Use of a New Chinese Fighter Jet Mean for the Future? – NPR

What Does Pakistan’s Use of a New Chinese Fighter Jet Mean for the Future?  NPR China’s military exports perform poorly in India-Pakistan skirmish  Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM Dragon-Scorpion Nexus: How China Is Using Pakistan To Suppress India & Emerge The “Big Boss Of Asia”: OPED  EurAsian Times The dragon’s shadow on India-Pak conflict  The Tribune Geopolitics of China-Pakistan’s Relations  SpecialEurasia Source … Read more

UK and Irish writers call for Gaza ceasefire and immediate aid in a new letter : NPR

UK and Irish writers call for Gaza ceasefire and immediate aid in a new letter : NPR

British performers, writers and activists protest Israel’s actions in Gaza outside the gates of Downing Street on May 21, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leon Neal/Getty Images More than 300 cultural figures across the United Kingdom and Ireland have signed a letter demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and unrestricted aid to … Read more

Blue-footed booby’s colors shine on Galápagos : NPR

Blue-footed booby’s colors shine on Galápagos : NPR

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. I admit I am obsessed with the blue-footed booby. I saw the turquoise-accented avian for the first time on my recent reporting trip to the Galápagos — the Pacific volcanic islands some … Read more

U.K.’s foreign office cat Palmerston comes out of retirement : NPR

U.K.’s foreign office cat Palmerston comes out of retirement : NPR

Palmerston, the rescue cat of the U.K.’s Foreign Office, stalks past 10 Downing St. in front of the waiting media in central London on June 9, 2017. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Retirement isn’t for everyone — just ask Palmerston the cat, who formerly served as … Read more

Arrest warrant proposed for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes : Goats and Soda – NPR

Arrest warrant proposed for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes : Goats and Soda – NPR

Arrest warrant proposed for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes : Goats and Soda  NPR Taliban reject court move to arrest top officials for persecuting Afghan women and girls  The Associated Press Afghanistan: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Gender Persecution Charges  Human Rights Watch Taliban hits out at ICC over Khan’s arrest warrant requests  The Jerusalem Post Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim … Read more

Consider This from NPR : NPR

Consider This from NPR : NPR

Mohammed al Refai. Andrew Trumbull hide caption toggle caption Andrew Trumbull Mohammed al Refai. Andrew Trumbull When Syria’s dictatorship fell in early December, celebrations broke out around the world – including nearly 6,000 miles away, in Toledo, Ohio. That’s where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly … Read more

Trump cites Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as proof of world standing in debate with Harris : NPR

Trump cites Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as proof of world standing in debate with Harris : NPR

Then President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office in May 2019. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images This story first appeared in NPR’s live blog of the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. See how the night unfolded. Former President … Read more

China says it will stop most international adoptions : NPR

China says it will stop most international adoptions : NPR

Spanish couples take their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, March 7, 2007. Greg Baker/AP hide caption toggle caption Greg Baker/AP The Chinese government plans to mostly end its international adoption program — a devastating blow for hundreds of families from the U.S. and around the world who had been … Read more

Taliban codifies law dictating how men and women appear in public – NPR

Taliban codifies law dictating how men and women appear in public – NPR

Taliban codifies law dictating how men and women appear in public  NPR New Taliban laws ban women’s voices and bare faces in public  The Hill Taliban bans women’s voices, bare faces from public in new restrictive laws  Global News Toronto Taliban enact law that silences Afghan women in public, and curbs their freedom  Voice of America – VOA News … Read more

Ukraine's incursion into Russia may have changed the course of the war – NPR

Ukraine's incursion into Russia may have changed the course of the war – NPR

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia may have changed the course of the war  NPR How Ukraine turned the war on its head with surprise attack on southern Russia  CNN Ukraine’s Kursk offensive is a huge strategic error  The Hill Ukraine’s invasion has exposed Putin’s messianic vision of Russia as a mirage | Luke Harding  The Guardian Even the Kremlin’s Paid … Read more

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