Accessibility links
World News and International Headlines NPR world news, international art and culture, world business and financial markets, world economy, and global trends in health, science and technology. Subscribe to the World Story of the Day podcast and RSS feed.

NPRWorld

Many Stories, One World

Sunday

Nearly 300 readers shared their d

Nearly 300 readers shared their disability stories with NPR. This is what they want you to know about living with a disability.
Courtesy of Laura Williams, Hannah Soyer, Denise DiNoto, Marty Slighte, Kristen Bettega, Rami Ungar, Mike Fitzsimmons, Sara Burback, Kathy Hyde and Rebekah Taussig. hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of Laura Williams, Hannah Soyer, Denise DiNoto, Marty Slighte, Kristen Bettega, Rami Ungar, Mike Fitzsimmons, Sara Burback, Kathy Hyde and Rebekah Taussig.

Up First Newsletter

What NPR readers want you to know about living with a disability

To celebrate Disability Pride Month, NPR readers tell their disability stories and share what they wish other people knew about living with a disability.

Saturday

Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties along with local residents, at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights area on Saturday.

Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties along with local residents, at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights area on Saturday. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images

Middle East crisis — explained

A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school

A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.

Children were main casualties in strikes in Gaza and near Israel's Northern border

Listen · 5:01
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5054381/nx-s1-8b0bf7e2-782f-481a-912d-406c73a79f0b" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis on Saturday, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Gaza Strip's second largest city.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis on Saturday, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Gaza Strip's second largest city. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Middle East crisis — explained

At least 30 dead in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike hits a school used as a shelter

The school, where thousands were sheltering, was being used by displaced Palestinians and the deaths included several children. Israel's military said it was targeting a Hamas command center.

Friday

Election in Venezuela: A Presidential Challenger Who Isn't Even on the Ballot

Opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and party leader María Corina Machado wave to supporters in Las Mercedes on July 25, during their closing campaign event. Lexi Parra for NPR hide caption

toggle caption
Lexi Parra for NPR

State of the World from NPR

Election in Venezuela: A Presidential Challenger Who Isn't Even on the Ballot

In Venezuela's presidential elections, incumbent Nicholas Maduro fights a movement against him lead by Maria Corina Machado, who's been barred from the race. In Russia, Russian American journalist, Alsu Kurmasheva, is sentenced to prison in a case similar to that of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

Election in Venezuela: A Presidential Challenger Who Isn't Even on the Ballot

Listen · 9:01
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1196982708/1256315457" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Palestinian children are sitting on a street flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 23, 2024. Polio was detected in multiple samples of Gaza's wastewater and now infectious disease experts suspect there are mild cases of the disease already in the population. The World Health Organization says it is ''extremely worried'' that diseases, such as polio, could cause more deaths than war injuries.

Palestinian children are sitting on a street flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 23. Polio was detected in multiple samples of Gaza's wastewater a week ago and now infectious disease experts suspect there are mild cases of the disease already in the population. Majdi Fathi//NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Majdi Fathi//NurPhoto via Getty Images

Goats and Soda

Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater

The territory hasn't had any polio cases for 25 years but this suggests the virus is spreading. Polio experts are scrambling to figure out the origins and whether or not there are active cases.

ATC & digital Friday 7/26: Polio in Gaza sewage

Listen · 4:13
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5049852/nx-s1-0534b039-8bab-4fd0-8742-424af8bfb0a0" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
People are seen among rubble in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on July 21, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua via Getty Images)

People stand amid rubble in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on July 21. Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

Middle East crisis — explained

A pollster sheds light on Palestinian attitudes toward the U.S., Israel and Hamas

For three decades, Khalil Shikaki has provided insights into Palestinian public opinion. The most recent poll showed a rise in Hamas popularity, though a majority of respondents don't support Hamas.

Residents and community organizers take the street Wednesday to show support for opposition candidate in Venezuela's presidential election, Edmundo Gónzalez Urrutia, in the neighborhood of La Vega, in Venezuela's capital of Caracas.

Residents and community organizers take the street Wednesday to show support for opposition candidate in Venezuela's presidential election, Edmundo Gónzalez Urrutia, in the neighborhood of La Vega, in Venezuela's capital of Caracas. Lexi Parra for NPR hide caption

toggle caption
Lexi Parra for NPR

Year of Global Elections

What to know about Venezuela's election, as Maduro faces stiff opposition

Venezuela is holding a presidential election on Sunday that could bring dramatic change to the nation, if the opposition candidate can really knock out longtime President Nicolás Maduro.

Travelers sit on stairs at the Gare de Montparnasse, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. Hours away from the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic to the French capital was severely disrupted on Friday following what officials described as

Travelers sit on stairs at the Gare de Montparnasse at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday in Paris. Hours away from the opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic to the French capital was severely disrupted on Friday following what officials described as "criminal actions" and sabotage. Yasin Dar/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Yasin Dar/AP

2024 Paris Olympics

France's high-speed train lines are sabotaged hours before Olympic opening ceremony

Just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony in the French capital, rail networks around the country were brought to a standstill Friday by a series of arson attacks on train lines in what officials called “coordinated acts of malice.”

A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war with her family arrives at a refugee transit center. The conflict that began in April 2023 has displaced millions and created a humanitarian crisis.

A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war with her family arrives at a refugee transit center. The conflict that began in April 2023 has displaced millions and created a humanitarian crisis. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Goats and Soda

Why Sudan is being called a 'humanitarian desert'

An emergency coordinator from Doctors Without Borders has seen crises around the world but says she's never seen anything like this. A new report from the aid group underscores her assessment.

Civilians in Sudan face violence from both warring sides, humanitarian group says

Listen · 3:42
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5049752/nx-s1-e8fe743e-5dcb-4670-b5d9-3ed1031b13df" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Thursday

This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, July 25, 2024. (U.S. Department of State via AP)

This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. AP/U.S. Department of State hide caption

toggle caption
AP/U.S. Department of State

National

U.S. authorities arrest top Sinaloa cartel leader and son of 'El Chapo'

Ismael Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said.

An Olympic First: Paris to hold the Opening Ceremony in the River Seine

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 25: Grandstands are are ready for the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony along the Seine river on July 25, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Huang Liang/Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images) Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images

State of the World from NPR

An Olympic First: Paris to hold the Opening Ceremony in the River Seine

Olympic Opening Ceremonies are typically held in stadiums. For the 2024 Games, Paris is taking the event to the heart of the city, in and along the River Seine. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has this preview.

An Olympic First: Paris to hold the Opening Ceremony in the River Seine

Listen · 5:32
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1196982703/1256261019" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">