On Memorial Day, an Israeli-Palestinian experiment in reconciliation
In their case, it was their two older brothers who were killed, more than half a century ago, on the same June day during the 1967 Middle East war. Mira Samet was 17 at the time, and her younger brother was celebrating his 11th birthday, when the news…
A Look At Foreign Policy Challenges Trump Faces
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass about the myriad of foreign policy challenges facing the Trump administration.
How Senate Intel Committee remains a bright spot of collegiality
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the committee, has a ready answer for how he and the chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., have pulled it off, while their House counterparts have not. “Hard work!” Senator Warner said Thursday at a Monitor Breakf…
Mother’s love and loving our mothers
The birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, the latest addition to Britain’s royal family, put the joys of motherhood on international display just in time for Mother’s Day in the U.S. Rumors abounded about how the boy, born Monday to Prince Harr…
How PTSD headlines lead to mirage of the ‘broken veteran’
An Iraq War veteran drove his vehicle into a group of pedestrians two weeks ago believing his intended victims were Muslim. A former Marine who served in Afghanistan fatally shot 13 patrons at a country music bar in November. Last spring, an Army vet…
North Korea Launches 2 Suspected Short-Range Missiles, In A New Test
The apparent missiles were launched from the northwest, far from the border that divides the Korean Peninsula.
India has a big trash problem. TrashBot is trying to help.
It’s a busy morning at the dry waste collection center in the Basavanagudi area of Bangalore, India. Two men are loading a dump truck with garbage collected from nearby households.
News Brief: Contempt Outcome, Trade Talks, TV Drug Ads
House panel votes to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress. U.S.-China trade delegations to begin two days of talks. Pharmaceutical firms must include a drug’s wholesale price in TV ads.
Maduro’s Government Would Lose An Election, Ex-State Department Official Says
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Tom Shannon, retired undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, about Venezuela’s future. He says the government is fractured, and those fissures can be exploited.
Trump’s Tariff Intentions Hang Over U.S.-China Trade Talks
A delegation of Chinese negotiators is in Washington to continue talks to resolve an ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. — just as President Trump threatens higher tariffs.
Legal Challenges Expected After Thai Election Results Are Posted
Weeks after Thai voters went to the polls, the country’s election commission has revealed the allocation of seats that will make up the parliament. Neither party received a majority.
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