Airbnb Reverses Plan To Remove Israeli Settlement Listings
On Tuesday, the company said it will allow listings in the occupied West Bank, and will donate all the money it makes from those properties to non-profit humanitarian aid organizations.
Israel Election: Netanyahu Appears Headed For Win In Close Race
With almost all votes counted, Prime Minister Netanyahu has the best chance of forming a government of right-wing parties.
Watch: Earth Gets Its First Look At A Black Hole
“Getting a direct view of a black hole is the ultimate dream for a lot of physicists,” as astrophysicist Adam Frank wrote for NPR.
Pieces Of Missing Japanese F-35 Fighter Jet Found, Pilot Still Missing After Crash
Japan’s military reported on Tuesday that it lost an F-35 stealth jet off the coast of Japan, in the Pacific. Pieces of the plane have been located and a search for the pilot is ongoing.
Israel’s Parliamentary Election Will Decide Netanyahu’s Political Future
The final results of Israel’s parliamentary election are too close to call. The election is largely seen as a referendum on Israel’s longtime right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As Friday’s Deadline Draws Near, U.K. Looks For Another Brexit Delay
European Union leaders meet in Brussels Wednesday for an emergency summit to decide whether to offer British Prime Minister Theresa May another delay to negotiate the U.K.’s departure.
News Brief: Stephen Miller, Israeli Election, Brexit Emergency Summit
Trump’s immigration stance appears to be influenced by adviser Stephen Miller. Israeli elections that could decide the prime minister’s fate are too close to call. EU leaders meet for a Brexit summit.
Why A New Zealand Official Insists ‘Facebook Can’t Be Trusted’
Rachel Martin talks to New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner John Edwards, who criticized Facebook after last month’s attacks on two mosques in Christchurch were live-streamed on Facebook.
Mayor Of Beira, Mozambique, Wants Trump To See The Damage From Cyclone Idai
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Daviz Simango, mayor of Beira, Mozambique, about the damage done by Cyclone Idai and how he wants President Trump to see it so that he can understand climate change.
Is our political divide, at heart, really all about abortion?
In the years since, as the two political parties have doubled down on ideological purity, liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats have essentially become oxymorons. Each party has used abortion – with its intensely personal, life-and-death stak…
Libya’s hopes for diplomacy fade as warlord closes on Tripoli
In Libya, intense fighting in the capital the past several days is threatening to plunge the country into another civil war, topple the United Nations-backed government, and snuff out the flicker of hope for democracy and stability in the North African…
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