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Gaza’s death toll now exceeds 30,000. Here’s why it’s an incomplete count

The way Gaza's health ministry counts those killed in the war reveals a system that is buckling under the weight of war and unable to keep an accurate toll of the dead.

1 year ago

President Joe Biden talks with Seth Meyers during a taping of the ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in New York.
Politics & Policy

Biden hopes cease-fire, hostage deal to pause Israel-Hamas war can take effect by next Monday

Biden commented in New York after taping an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

1 year ago

Israeli female paramedic soldiers
Politics & Policy

Israel vows to target Lebanon’s Hezbollah even if temporary pause reached with Hamas in Gaza

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Sunday that anyone who thinks that a temporary cease-fire with Gaza will also apply to Hezbollah is “mistaken.”

1 year ago

Vladimir Putin
NPR
Politics & Policy

Putin remains defiant as ever 2 years into Russia’s war in Ukraine

1 year ago

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

White House promises ‘major sanctions’ on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny’s death

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the new package would be unveiled this Friday.

1 year ago

The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a ceasefire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.
Politics & Policy

The U.S. vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

It was the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire.

1 year ago

An undated photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink communications satellites into orbit. The Starlink constellation is made up of thousands of satellites that are difficult for adversaries to target.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Russia is working on a weapon to destroy satellites but has not deployed one yet

The White House says there's no immediate threat to safety. National security adviser Jake Sullivan is briefing a small group of lawmakers on Thursday.

1 year ago

Fernando Ramirez, Yulia Kozyrkova, and Christy McCaffrey, speak on a panel to the Philadelphia community on Wednesday, December 7 for the premiere of ‘Beyond the Statistics.’
Community
Billy Penn

Facing dual realities, Philadelphia’s Ukrainian community two years into war

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Philadelphia continues to be a hub for displaced Ukrainians.

1 year ago

Washington, D.C. significant buildings on Oct. 4, 2023 (Catie Dull/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate advances military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

The measure, which would provide $95 billion in military aid, has little hope of seeing a vote in the House where hard-line Republicans oppose the measure.

1 year ago

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) and Kenya's Defense Minister Aden Duale (left) listen during the National Anthem during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
Health

Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy

Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and continues to deal with complications from his treatment.

1 year ago

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump says he wouldn’t defend NATO allies from Russia if they’re ‘delinquent’

The Republican front-runner said that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he "would encourage" Russia "to do whatever the hell they want."

1 year ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses next steps for the foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel on the day after the bipartisan Senate border security bill collapsed, at the Capitol in on Wednesday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

After four months of bipartisan talks on border security Senate Republicans backed off backing changes to the Biden administration's policies they demanded.

1 year ago

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) shakes hands with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, at Diwan Annex, in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
Politics & Policy

Qatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demands

In its own statement, the militant group reiterated its demand for an end to the war, something Israel has thus far ruled out.

1 year ago

U.S. Central Command released this undated photo as part of its announcement of renewed airstrikes against Houthi targets on Saturday. (
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.S. targets Iranian proxies for a second day in a row

The new round of U.S. strikes is far more extensive and deadly than those that have been launched since October.

1 year ago

President Biden Attends National Prayer Breakfast On Capitol Hill
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden issues order targeting Israeli settlers who attack West Bank Palestinians

President Biden's executive order, issued Thursday, names four people and will lay the groundwork for financial sanctions against Israeli settlers who carry out violent assaul

1 year ago

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