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Why is Israel attacking Lebanon’s Nabatieh, the major southern city?

Trump announcing another ceasefire on April 16, Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade attacks, while Israel has established an approximately 10km (six-mile) buffer zone whose northern periphery is marked by what Israel calls

Keisha Lance Bottoms’ lead is making some Georgia Democrats uneasy

Trump’s cratering approval ratings and struggling to message on voters’ cost of living concerns and an unpopular war in Iran. “The Republican Party is very underwater. I think the Republican Party is more underwater

Why is Michigan loosening its rules for parents wanting to exempt kids from vaccines?

administrative rule](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Adult-and-Childrens-Services/Children-and-Families/Immunization-Information/Immunization-Waivers/R-325171-to-R-325199-(1).pdf?rev=a44e76f6f8ed4dbb8639f83d0c0abc3d&hash=09BE7CAB85AFC16E04F975B408B6EFF2) saying nonmedical waivers required certification by the local health department "that the individual received education on the risks of not receiving the vaccines being waived and the benefits of vaccination

Iran says it has closed Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Trump posted on social media that the US could impose its own tolls on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz if the US and Iran did not reach a negotiated deal. Justifying its announcement that

Colombia’s runoff election expected to trigger shift in decades-long armed conflict

Trump-admiring far-right lawyer and millionaire businessman Abelardo de la Espriella, who has vowed to abandon President Gustavo Petro’s [“total peace” plan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/colombia-election-total-peace-promise-violence) of negotiating the disarmament of all criminal organisations

Palestine weekly wrap: Ben-Gvir’s abuse of flotilla detainees causes outcry

Administration and the Jordan Valley Regional Council’s lands inspection started a large confiscation operation of vehicles, tractors and water tanks in firing zones 900, 901, 902, 903 and 904, stretching across al-Farsiya

Read the full text of Trump's preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war

Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as by the prime minister of Pakistan, which mediated between the U.S. and Iran. The text is as follows: ### Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic

Why the Enhanced Games will force sport to confront tough questions

Administration (FDA) and given as part of a clinical trial under strict medical supervision with all participants monitored, the project has been condemned by sports bodies and anti-doping authorities. The International Olympic Committee

Colombia prepares to go to polls in election shadowed by resurgence of political violence

administrations slow-walked the implementation of the settlement, while some Farc factions and other rebel groups refused to sign any agreement, instead growing in strength and size. ![A soldier holding a gun stands guard, with

Anthony Fauci makes acting debut in Oedipus the King play reading in DC

administrations about the realities of infectious diseases, was – to borrow a Trumpian phrase – straight from central casting for this particular metaphor. Doerries commented: “We’re leaning into the meta-theatricality of that, the double valence

Who is making decisions in Iran?

Trump has described Iran's leadership as "fractured" and suggested the US is waiting for Tehran to produce a "unified proposal". Unity was certainly on the minds of [Iran's leaders when they distributed

Billionaire Trump donor in line to make millions from Thames Water bid

Trump arrested Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro. This sale was forced by a Delaware court and was reported to be at a “massive discount” – the Venezuelan government valued the company at $18bn. More money

Iran faces a new energy imbalance, but its options are limited

administration’s attempts to tackle the subsidies burden due to a mounting [budget crunch](/news/2025/12/26/irans-government-budget-reveals-tough-road-ahead-as-currency-hits-new-low) have resulted in only limited increases in petrol through a complex three-tiered pricing system. This is applied

Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean

Administration (NOAA) shows super typhoon Sinlakua in the Pacific Ocean, Monday, April 13, 2026. **AP/NOAA** AP/NOAA Tropical force winds and torrential rainfall also led to flash flooding on Guam, a U.S. territory to the south

El Niño is here, so what does it mean?

Administration, who is part of the El Niño forecasting team. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5810607/2026-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-trump-fema-climate) ### [Weather](https://www.npr.org/sections/weather) ### [Forecasters expect

Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle

Trump warning [of military intervention](https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-09/gustavo-petro-trump-told-me-he-was-thinking-of-doing-bad-things-in-colombia-a-military-operation.html) in Colombia. Environmentalists in Colombia believe the national commitment draws its force from grassroots activists. Colombia is [one of the world’s deadliest countries](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/21/colombia-land-grab-son-murdered-farmer-defy-paramilitaries)

For Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, intolerance is becoming normal

administration, far-right voices that were once at the fringes of Israeli society have become incorporated into its heart, and now play defining roles in government. Fuelled by a not entirely unfounded sense of impunity

U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires this week with no deal in sight

Trump said the United States received favorable news related to Iran just prior to landing at Joint Base Andrews. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/683x683+171+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F9f%2Fe40ec65f42bbad8ad2570e1746e7%2Fgettyimages-2271863466.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789780/iran-middle-east-updates) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iran says

China re‑centers North Korea ties as nuclear silence reshapes balance

Trump in Beijing, where the White House said both sides agreed on the shared goal of denuclearizing North Korea. Beijing did not publicly echo Washington's claim. And this week in Pyongyang, Xi made

UK’s new ambassador to US said Starmer had been ‘on the ropes’ over Mandelson scandal

Trump, who has previously branded Mandelson a “really bad pick”. Mandelson was sacked by the prime minister last year for misleading him over the depth of his friendship with the late child sex offender financier