NPR World News

• news
• Breaking news
• World news
• Facebook
• Twitter
• headlines
• search

All the breaking news and latest world news from NPR World News, with Twitter and Facebook search trends.

Twitter Search News Trending

Tweets by NPR

Facebook Search News Trending

1. SpaceX launches 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win

   Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas.

2. Madagascar's president flees country in fear for his life after military rebellion

   Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina called for dialogue "to find a way out of this situation" and said the constitution should be respected.

3. In Marc Maron's last 'WTF' podcast episode, Obama offers advice on closing chapters

   In the final episode, Marc Maron and former President Barack Obama spoke about the legacy of the podcast, politics and moving on.

4. Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia

   Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

5. Ecuador: La reinvención andina de la cumbia

   Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.

6. Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

   Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

7. As the ceasefire begins, a look at the Gaza war by the numbers

   With start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release of hostages and prisoners, here are some key figures related to the Gaza war and the Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked it.

8. Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal

   Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades.

9. Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

   Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

10. This wedding photographer now removes landmines for a group that's won a top prize

    The Mines Advisory Group has been removing landmines for more than three decades. This year, it received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a prestigious award with a $3 million prize.