Mariam Allawiya, 60 (left), and Kafa Wehbe, 67, sit together in a vacant apartment building in central Beirut after they were displaced from southern Lebanon by Israel's current invasion. They both grew up in southern Lebanon, and Allawiya's son married Wehbe's daughter.
A pair of blue and gold macaws visit Mabel Carnago's apartment in Caracas. Manuel Rueda/NPR hide caption toggle caption Manuel Rueda/NPR CARACAS, Venezuela - Every day as the sun comes down, about a dozen blue and gold macaws fly up to Karem Guevara's apartment.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on April 17, 2026 just prior to landing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
A Pakistani Ranger walks past a billboard for the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on April 12, 2026. The talks, led by Vice President JD Vance, produced no concrete movement toward a peace deal.
Myanmar's new president, Min Aung Hlaing, on Friday approved the release of 4,335 prisoners from the country's jails, reportedly including some 179 foreign nationals. Such mass amnesty schemes tend to be carried out to mark the nation's Independence Day in January and its New Year in April.
In the late 19th century, Berlin schoolteacher Bernhard Föster declared that German culture and virtues were under threat — and that the Jews were to blame. A fervent antisemite, he repeatedly faced trial in the German empire for racist incitement. He faced disciplinary proceedings at his school and was even placed on a wanted list.
Skip next section Woman leaves 20 tarantulas on German train April 17, 2026 Woman leaves 20 tarantulas on German train A woman has been reunited with 20 tarantulas that she left on a regional train in southern Germany.
Hassan Koko sits on top of a homemade wooden bed, overlooking the majestic hills of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. Despite the spectacular view and a comforting late afternoon breeze, he looks uneasy.
Efforts to broker a stable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel have been underway for many months, with very little progress. Last Sunday, a Hamas delegation set off for Cairo to discuss the next steps in the ceasefire process with Egyptian mediators.
Rain is drizzling as we gather on the runway at the Stuttgart army airfield in southern Germany. It's 2:30 a.m., time for takeoff. A Dash 8 airliner is ready for boarding. The military plane will take us to Sirte in Libya.
An Australian court ordered on Friday bail with travel restrictions for Ben Roberts-Smith, the country's most-decorated living war veteran. The decision comes 10 days after he was charged with war crimes in the killings of five people while deployed in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith has denied the accusations. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank announced Thursday that they had resumed dealings with Venezuela after a seven-year pause over government recognition issues. The Latin American country's relations with the financial institutions collapsed in 2019 when the IMF recognized the opposition, which controlled the parliament, as the legitimate government.