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The bombing of the Gaza hospital has sparked anger across the Arab world — including on the streets. In Amman, Jordan, security forces tear gassed protestors trying to reach the Israeli embassy.

Hurricane Idalia brought some Flamingos from Mexico to the eastern United States. Now some hope the birds will stay and breed there.

A roughly $14 billion aid package for Israel, released by House Republicans, is at odds with the White House and the Senate, where leaders want money for Israel linked to money for Ukraine.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Roberta Gbowee and Yemeni protest leader Tawakkul Karman are being honored as the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners.

Police in London are bracing for another night of rioting. Parliament has been called back into session amid demands in some quarters for the army to be deployed. Major sporting events have been canceled as the riots and looting spread to provincial cities.

When you invite friends over for a barbeque, you may well discover that the primal tug of meat and fire is too powerful for some male guests to resist. Give them half a chance and they will take over the grill. It's an international phenomenon.

The U.S. dollar has fallen more than 12 percent from its recent peak. Amid worries that it will continue to weaken, some central banks are keeping more of their reserves in euros and yen. There has even been talk of finding an alternative to the greenback as the world's major reserve currency.

For the first time, NASA scientists used a laser to send a high-definition video from a deep space spacecraft 19 million miles away back to Earth. On the video is a cat chasing a laser.

Harvard faculty sign letter of support for the president as fallout continues from the testimony of three college presidents on Capitol Hill.

On balance, the latest jobs report suggests the economy is continuing to grow, though modestly. But a closer look at retail employment suggests this may be a gloomy holiday season for people who want seasonal jobs.

The 75-year-old British monarch is doing well after undergoing a "corrective procedure" for an enlarged prostate, Queen Camilla said Friday as she left the private hospital where he was being treated.

Iran says it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.

President Biden shunned New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary. But state Democratic leaders have championed a write-in campaign, anyway.

Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?

Belgian police conducted raids this weekend in relation to the attacks in Paris. This is not the first time there has been a Belgian connection with Islamic extremism. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Edwin Bakker, director of the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism at Leiden University in the Netherlands, about the rise of Belgian jihadists.

South Korea had no military reconnaissance satellites of its own in space and has partially resorted to the United States' spy satellites to monitor moves by North Korea.

As Donald Trump tries to unify the GOP ahead of the Republican National Convention, he met Thursday with House and Senate Republicans in Washington, D.C.

Nancy Grace, the fiery advocate for victims of violent crime, is leaving the HLN network after a dozen years. She says she will reemerge on TV and digitally too.

Author's partners often serve as sources of inspiration — but sometimes their influence is even more direct. In honor of Valentine's Day, Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon recommend three books that would not exist without their writers' significant others.

In fiction, Paula McLain explores Hemingway's first marriage, while Anita Desai re-examines modern India. In nonfiction, Joseph Epstein defends gossip, Rosamond Bernier remembers midcentury Paris, and Stuart Isacoff lauds the piano.

A Greek poet contemplates the twisted strands of history, while Daniel Orozco's stories consider the dark side of our day jobs and Donald Rumsfeld reflects on the Iraq War. On the lighter side, CBS' Jim Axelrod revisits his marathon training, and a writer and an economist infuse soccer with numbers.

HB 109 would allow municipalities to apply to convert public schools within city bounds into charters.

Hours after Gov. DeSantis voiced his support, a Senate committee adjourned without voting on the bill — putting it in jeopardy.

A plan to make it easier for journalists and others to be sued is back for a second year.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Dr. Afshon Ostovar about Iran's perspective after the U.S. launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, in response to the killing of U.S. military members in Jordan.