State of the World from NPR

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In his fifteen years as prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban has steadily chipped away at his cou

The Trump administration is undertaking shifts in U.S. foreign policy and that has meant big shifts

Many communities have thrived for years on the peninsula and islands in the lagoon around Nigeria's

The United States has long been a center for academic and scientific research. But two phenomena may

Since the rule of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ended, Israel has attacked Syria hundreds of times

Following Israel declaring an end to the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza last month, the Israeli milita

Until very recently Sudan's capital, Khartoum, had spent nearly two years at war. A paramilitary gro

We heard a lot about the planning by U.S. national security officials for a bombing campaign against

The world is reacting to President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on nearly every country on th

The new government in Syria, formed after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, is working to disban

Sales of electric vehicles worldwide have been growing and the largest manufacturer of EVs is China'

During his campaign, President Trump promised to stem migration to the United States. And since taki

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is coming to an end. It is a holiday marked with fasting during the

China has long been the world's factory, but it's economy is starting to face serious headwinds. Dem

The race is on for control over deposits of rare earth elements and critical minerals that are neces

For three years El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has proudly shown the world the terrible treatm

NPR has learned that Israel is considering a major ground invasion of Gaza to fully occupy the terri

China scholars in the U.S. compare China's Cultural Revolution and current American dynamics, and se

Recently a few hundred people gathered at a Damascus hotel to discuss how to jump-start Syria's tech

The two month ceasefire in Gaza has come to an end with Israel conducting airstrikes, killing five H