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Trump welcomes Saudi crown prince and dismisses intel linking him to Khashoggi killing
President Trump welcomed the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia to the White House. During the visit, the president dismissed the U.S. intelligence commu...
Trump prepares to welcome Saudi Arabia’s controversial crown prince to White House
For years, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, was shunned on the world stage. But President Biden visited him in Riyadh...
Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic
The UN says 1.4 million Haitians have fled because of violence and instability. Many crossed the border into the Dominican Republic. But there, they l...
News Wrap: Border Patrol agents make more arrests on 2nd day of Charlotte surge
In our news wrap Sunday, it’s been a second day of federal officers surging into Charlotte, North Carolina, to crack down on illegal immigration, at l...
Italy’s oldest barista, who has served coffee since WWII, turns 101
In a small town in northern Italy, there’s a barista who has been brewing espressos and serving coffees for more than 80 years. She’s still going stro...
How sanctions imposed by Trump are taking a toll on the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court, or ICC, only intervenes when national courts can't or won't prosecute crimes like genocide and crimes against humani...
Russia pummels Kyiv in barrage of drones and missiles as it makes gains in Ukraine
Russia fired a large-scale barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine early Friday, damaging apartment buildings in Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. It comes a...
Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful
Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes a...
Ukraine says Russia is recruiting African mercenaries to fight in its war
Since last fall, more than 12,000 North Koreans have reportedly been deployed to fight with the Russian army in Ukraine. Recently, Ukraine accused the...
News Wrap: Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu
In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump is urging Israel's president to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption case, a former...
Children wounded by the war in Gaza share their stories as they heal in the U.S.
Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, a reminder of the war’s horrific toll on the youngest victims. Before the State...
U.S. carrier in Caribbean amid Venezuela tensions and outcry over drug boat strikes
A U.S. aircraft carrier reached the Caribbean as part of the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign on Venezuela and its broader effort t...
News Wrap: Kansas county to pay $3 million for police raid on newspaper
In our news wrap Tuesday, Marion County, Kansas, will pay $3 million and formally apologize for a police raid on a newspaper in 2023, the Justice Depa...
BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6
President Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion, claiming a documentary misrepresented his role in the Jan. 6 attack. Trump’s legal team...
Al-Sharaa meets with Trump at White House as Syria seeks closer ties with the West
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with President Trump on Monday. It's the first White House visit by a Syrian leader since the country became inde...
Children exposed to ‘horrific violence’ in Sudan’s civil war, UNICEF says
Aid groups say tens of thousands of people have fled violence in el-Fasher, a city in the Darfur region of Sudan, which is in the midst of a yearslong...
How the loss of USAID funding affects Indonesia’s ability to fight climate change
The ripple effects of the Trump administration’s elimination of USAID are being felt in dozens of countries where the agency supported initiatives ran...
News Wrap: Cornell reaches $60M deal with Trump administration to restore funding
In our news wrap Friday, Cornell University announced a $60 million deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding and end investigatio...
In new book, Michael McFaul explores the global fight between autocracy and democracy
The former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, has been analyzing the rise of autocracies and the threats they pose to democracy for decades. A...
Amid rising violence, Nigeria rejects Trump’s claim of targeted Christian persecution
This week, President Trump threatened to send the U.S. military into Nigeria for not doing enough to protect Christians. For years, Nigeria has strugg...
News Wrap: Famine spreads to 2 regions of war-torn Sudan
In our news wrap Monday, famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan, Israel transferred the bodies of 45 Palestinians to Gaza after Hamas hand...
Israel arrests military lawyer accused of leaking video showing alleged abuse of detainee
Authorities in Israel detained the military’s top lawyer, a two-star general, and accused her of leaking a video that allegedly shows Israeli soldiers...
News Wrap: Israel says it received remains from Hamas that don’t belong to hostages
In our news wrap Saturday, Israel says the remains of three people Hamas handed over don’t belong to any hostages, Ukrainian forces say they destroyed...
How China’s engineering mindset has shaped its infrastructure and society
For decades, China’s government has reshaped the country with dramatic displays of state power, from vast infrastructure projects that have remade ent...
Climate change drives ancient Socotra dragon’s blood tree to brink of extinction
In the Indian Ocean, the Yemeni island of Socotra is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. More than a third of the plant species on the island...
Sudan’s brutal civil war escalates as paramilitary forces go on killing rampage
Sudan's civil war has entered a new and horrific phase as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have gone on a killing rampage after taking over the key c...
Art crime investigator breaks down the brazen jewel heist at the Louvre
Three of the four members of the so-called “commando team” allegedly behind the brazen heist at the Louvre are in custody. Thieves posing as construct...
Trump and Xi outline deal to ease U.S.-China trade war, but tensions remain
President Trump returned to the White House Thursday afternoon after a trip to Asia and a meeting with Chinese President Xi. It comes as the nations a...
Trump should ‘hold the line’ and block AI chips from Chinese market, ex-ambassador says
To discuss the Trump-Xi meeting, Geoff Bennett spoke with former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns. A diplomat with decades of service under Rep...
Trump-Xi agreement a ‘fragile truce,’ former deputy national security advisor says
For another view on the Trump-Xi meeting, Amna Nawaz spoke with Matt Pottinger. He was deputy national security adviser in the first Trump administrat...
Caribbean nations hit by Hurricane Melissa begin long road to recovery
Island nations in the Caribbean worked on rescue and recovery operations in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. The storm tore through Jamaica, leveling so...
A look at the destruction in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa’s landfall as a Category 5
Initial estimates show Hurricane Melissa may have killed dozens across Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa is one of the strongest storms the region has ever s...
Palestinians say bodies and detainees returned by Israel show signs of torture and abuse
As part of the latest ceasefire deal, Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees and the bodies of nearly 200. Many of the d...
Hurricane Melissa slams into Jamaica as a Category 5 with 185 mph winds
Jamaica is suffering extensive damage from the devastating force of Hurricane Melissa. It's just the second Atlantic storm ever to make landfall with...
Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel launches strikes after it says Hamas attacked soldiers
In Gaza, there was another test of a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered what he called "powerful st...
News Wrap: U.S. strikes alleged drug boats in Pacific, killing at least 14
In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. said it carried out three strikes that killed at least 14 on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, President T...
Trump’s Asia tour takes him to Japan ahead of pivotal meeting with China’s Xi
The U.S. and China said they’ve agreed on a framework for a potential trade deal, once again trying to pull back from a trade war between the world’s...
Hurricane Melissa nears landfall in Jamaica as Cat. 5: ‘This will be unprecedented’
Hurricane Melissa is nearing landfall in Jamaica after strengthening to a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 mph. Authorities have already s...
News Wrap: Federal workers union calls for end to shutdown
In our news wrap Monday, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are still off the job as the government shutdown enters its 27th day, Indiana is j...
Sudan’s cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war
Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years,...