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Hannelore Foerster/Getty ImagesIndian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was published in 1988. -
Albari Sosa/AFP via Getty ImagesBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has issued more than a dozen decrees in favor of Brazilians' right to bear arms. Sales have spiked and gun shops and shooting ranges have opened up all over Brazil.
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Mexican cities have seen widespread arson and shootings by drug cartels. The gangs appear to be targeting stores, vehicles and bystanders in response to disputes or attempts to capture gang members.
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The training will include strikes on ground targets and troop deployment, the Chinese Defense Ministry said. China's expanding military activities have alarmed the U.S. and its allies. -
About two dozen women marched in Kabul chanting "bread, work, freedom," "we want political participation" and "no to enslavement," just days before the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover.
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Using pandemic recovery money distributed by the European Union, Italy is trying to bring back one dying village in each of the country's 21 regions. The villages will each get $20 million.
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A look at what ordinary Afghans have lost, and gained, since August 15, 2021, when the Taliban abruptly took over the country.
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There's a deadly battle taking place in the region. At the same time, progress is being made to clean up the territory's Mediterranean beaches as the people seek an escape from the violence.
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NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Tamim Asey, a former defense official for Afghanistan, on how safe the country is a year after the Taliban takeover.
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A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.
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In an interview with the AP, the health minister said Russian authorities repeatedly have blocked efforts to provide state-subsidized drugs to people in occupied cities, towns and villages.
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A 34-year-old man killed 10 people on the streets of Cetinje before being shot dead by a passerby, officials said. They said it was unclear what had provoked the attack.
