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A look at two sides of life in the Gaza Strip right now

8:04am August 13, 2022

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.

Ishar Das Arora, 83, watches a 3-D video of his birthplace in Pakistan, through a virtual reality device.

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75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

7:02am August 13, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

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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Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko speaks to The Associated Press reporters during an interview on Friday.

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Ukrainian health minister says Russia is blocking access to medicines

6:27am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

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.

Police investigators work at the site of the attack in Cetinje, Montenegro, on Friday.

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A gunman in Montenegro killed 10, including 2 children

1:44am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

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.

Smoke rises after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea, in this still image obtained by Reuters Tuesday.

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Who was behind the explosions in Crimea? Ukraine and Russia aren't saying

6:14pm August 12, 2022

by Julian Hayda

Several days after Ukraine said nine planes were destroyed at a Russian air base in Crimea, nobody has publicly claimed responsibility for it — but speculation abounds.

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The war in Ukraine is disrupting the world's supply of neon

6:01pm August 12, 2022

by Jeff Guo

A growing shortage for neon is driving up its prices by 5000%. Neon production became highly concentrated in post-Soviet states, such as Ukraine and Russia. The world is paying for that concentration.

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Here's what China's show of force could mean for Taiwan

5:25pm August 12, 2022

David Finkelstein, former U.S. Army China specialist and director of Asian security affairs at CNA, talks about China's recent military demonstrations and the country's rising tensions with Taiwan.

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A 'monster' wildfire in France sends thousands out of their homes

5:25pm August 12, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

France battles a "monster" wildfire that has forced thousands to flee their homes. Wildfires in Europe this summer have broken out as heat waves bake the continent and renew focus on climate change.

Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years a

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

4:55pm August 12, 2022

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

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Nearly 10 years since Austin Tice disappeared, his family has not given up hope

4:33pm August 12, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Debra Tice. Her son Austin Tice, an American freelance journalist, was detained in Syria and disappeared a decade ago on Sunday.

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