Seeing Washington change course on Ukraine, Taiwan ponders its own fate
Developments in the Ukraine-U.S. relationship have regularly made headline news in Taiwan lately. Many in Taiwan compare Ukraine’s fate to its own, as China continues to threaten an invasion.
Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt’s plans to keep them there
Arab leaders will meet in Cairo to reject Palestinian displacement from Gaza. NPR looks at Egypt’s reconstruction plans for Gaza that counter President Trump’s ideas of expulsion.
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European leaders pledge to work together to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, an update on Israel-Hamas ceasefire, NPR investigation finds problems with system for policing bad behavior by federal judges.
What Putin thinks of the tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy
NPR asks international affairs expert Nina Khrushcheva of the New School about how Russian President Vladimir Putin views the tension between President Trump and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy.
At Oscars, ‘No Other Land’ co-directors call for national rights for Palestinians
The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
U.K. prime minister unveils steps toward a Ukraine peace deal, urges U.S. cooperation
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged more military aid, as well as the possibility of weapons and boots on the ground, to secure peace in Ukraine.
How Washington is reacting to the heated Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
Trump adviser Mike Waltz says the U.S. has “a real issue on our hands” if Ukrainian President Zelenskyy doesn’t come back to negotiating table in its war with Russia.
Pakistan is out of its own cricket tournament, but its fans are still excited to host
The country is hosting a major international cricket tournament for the first time in a generation. It’s a much-needed bright spot in a nation that’s confronted recent economic and political crises.
John Bolton discusses the implications of a tense Trump-Zelenskyy press conference
NPR’s Scott Simon talks to former National Security Adviser John Bolton about the foreign policy implications of Friday’s shocking press conference between President Trump and President Zelenskyy.
Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze of USAID
We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.
How the fallout of U.S.-Ukraine relations is being perceived in Russia
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko about what Russia hopes to gain from negotiations with the United States over ending its war in Ukraine.
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