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How is Cuba feeling about the United States?
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5803131/how-is-cuba-feeling-about-the-united-states
Published: April 28, 2026 18:24
The relationship between the United States and Cuba hasn’t been this tense for decades. Even as the the U.S. is engaged in high-level negotiations in Havana, it is threatening Cuba with military action. It is a threat that is backed up by the recent…
40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accident, they face war
Published: April 27, 2026 20:11
Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then the plant was in the USSR, it is part of northern Ukraine now. The accident was a shared trauma for Ukrainians…
An unlikely Indian movie makes it all the way to the Oscars
Published: April 24, 2026 20:09
India has seen a rise in Hindu nationalism in recent years, in it’s politics but also in the culture. And India’s famed Bollywood film industry has been churning out movies echoing that with movies often featuring macho Hindu men fighting Muslims. We…
Ukraine becomes an international arms dealer
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797917/ukraine-becomes-an-international-arms-dealer
Published: April 23, 2026 20:38
Since the war with Iran began Ukraine has found itself in an unexpected position. In addition to receiving military aid, it is also a provider. Iran has been attacking it’s neighbors with the same type of drones Russia uses against Ukraine. And Ukraine…
President Trump extends the ceasefire with Iran, what happens now?
Published: April 22, 2026 21:43
Just before a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was set to expire, President Trump announced on social media that he was extending it. Iran says that a ceasefire is meaningless unless the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is lifted, it sees that…
How Gaza feels after six months of ceasefire
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5794325/how-gaza-feels-after-six-months-of-ceasefire
Published: April 21, 2026 20:26
We mark this moment in both Gaza and Israel. In Gaza, it has been six months since major hostilities with Israel ended. Aid for the territory’s two million residents has resumed but it isn’t sufficient and reconstruction has yet to begin. We hear from…
What are the chances for peace between Israel and Lebanon?
Published: April 20, 2026 20:26
As the end of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran approaches, a separate but intertwined conflict may have an improved chance at peace. Israel and Lebanon have had a fraught relationship for decades. The most recent fighting flared up not long…
An Israeli and Palestinian who bonded during war share vision for peace in a new book
Published: April 17, 2026 23:38
The war in Gaza has hardened positions across the Middle East. But two men say it brought them closer together and convinced them that the "future is peace." That’s the title of their new book. NPR’s Michele Kelemen speaks to authors Aziz Abu Sarah and…
They were promised paradise — in North Korea
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5788068/they-were-promised-paradise-in-north-korea
Published: April 17, 2026 00:08
For 25 years, ethnic Koreans who called Japan home were lured by propaganda to North Korea. Over 90,000 people heeded the call. They were promised all basic needs, but ended up trapped in North Korea’s poverty and starvation. Now, survivors are fighting…
Sudan’s war enters a fourth year
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/nx-s1-5786685/sudans-war-enters-a-fourth-year
Published: April 15, 2026 21:58
What began as a power struggle between the army and the powerful paramilitary force — former allies in a coup that removed a civilian government — has spiraled into a devastating war. Now entering its fourth year, it has become the world's largest…