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News Articles: World

The back of Air India Flight 171 juts out of a building after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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  • Asia

What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard?

"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Joel Rose
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

House votes to claw back NPR funding. And, Trump keeps control of California Guard

The House has voted to claw back $1.1 billion in funding for public media. And, an appeals court blocked an earlier ruling ordering Trump to relinquish control of the California Guard.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
A firefighter calls out his colleagues at the scene of an explosion in a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Israel attacks Iran's nuclear and missile sites, prompting retaliation from Tehran

The Israeli strikes killed top Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists ahead of planned weekend negotiations aimed at addressing international concerns over Iran's uranium enrichment program.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Iran and braces for retaliation

Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • James Hider and
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Specialist Glenn Carell works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

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  • Economy

Asian shares slide while oil prices surge after Israel's strike on Iran

Markets in Asia opened lower early Friday while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran's capital amid the ramping up tensions over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program.

June 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Rescue workers search for bodies at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in April.

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  • Latin America

Owner of Dominican club whose roof collapsed and killed 236 is arrested

Prosecutors accused the owner and his sister of trying to intimidate or manipulate company employees, adding that they could serve as witnesses in the case.

June 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (second right) listens to the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, as he visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, April 9.

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  • Middle East

Trump warns a strike on Iran 'could very well happen' if no nuclear deal is signed

President Trump warned that a "massive" war could break out in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran wasn't complying with its nonproliferation duties.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Jackie Northam and
  • James Hider
A protester holds a banner and shouts at a Kenyan police officer during a demonstration over the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang, who died in police custody. June 12 2025

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  • Africa

Protests erupt in Kenya's capital over blogger's death in police custody

Demonstrators take to the streets in Kenya's capitol over the suspicious death of a popular blogger in police custody — a flashpoint of outrage in a country still reeling from last year's deadly crackdown on anti-tax protests.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Emmanuel Igunza
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday.

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  • Asia

More than 200 are dead after Air India crash in Ahmedabad. 1 passenger has survived

The Air India flight crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad shortly after departure. Authorities say 204 bodies have been recovered from the site and there is one confirmed survivor so far.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Shweta Desai
The State Department, which administers the Fulbright Program. Eleven members of the 12-person Fulbright board have resigned over alleged Trump administration interference.

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  • Politics

Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference

Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Z fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban, and was allowed to enter and stay in the U.S. in part because of Temporary Protected Status. The Trump administration is ending the program in July.

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  • Investigations

Despite ongoing Taliban threats, the U.S. is ending some protections for Afghans

Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. fear deportation as the administration revokes some protections, despite Taliban threats and ongoing instability in Afghanistan. Many fear for their lives if forced to return.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Monika Evstatieva
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday.

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  • Asia

London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes in Ahmedabad, India

A Boeing 787 crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad city five minutes after taking off. The flight was bound for London's Gatwick Airport. There were more than 240 people onboard.

June 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One on Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

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  • World

Majorities in key U.S. allies have no confidence in Trump's global leadership

People in 15 of 24 countries downgraded ratings of the U.S., according to the survey of more than 28,000. Majorities in almost every country surveyed describe Trump as "arrogant" and "dangerous."

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.

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  • Middle East

Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions.

June 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A phone displaying the App Store page for the mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire.

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  • Asia

Hong Kong police accuse mobile game of promoting 'armed revolution'

The crackdown on the video game and its users is just the latest in what democracy and human rights advocates say is an erosion of Hong Kong's civil rights and freedoms.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Sherisse Pham
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