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Disaster On Everest Marks Deadliest Day In Mountain's History

7:13pm April 18, 2014

by NPR Staff

More than 13 Nepalese climbers died while preparing a route on Mount Everest for Western climbers. Grayson Schaffer of Outside Magazine explains that local porters and guides bear the brunt of the danger on these extreme climbs.

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Inmates To Be Moved Temporarily Out Of Infamous Iraqi Prison

11:10am April 18, 2014

Kelly McEvers talks to Ned Parker, Baghdad bureau chief for the Reuters news agency, about the temporary closure of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Its 2,400 inmates will be transferred.

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Colombia Mourns Death Of Favorite Son: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

11:10am April 18, 2014

by Juan Forero

Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 87, died on Thursday. He made Colombia synonymous with literature, particularly the dreamlike, whimsical story-telling known as magical realism.

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Many Sunken Ferry Victims Believed To Be Trapped Below Deck

11:10am April 18, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

The rescue and recovery mission is continuing off the southern coast of South Korea after a ferry capsized earlier this week. More than 200 people are missing. Bad weather is hampering the efforts.

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On Russian Call-in Show, Putin Maintains Hard Line Against West

8:06pm April 17, 2014

by Corey Flintoff

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes he won't have to move troops into Ukraine to protect the local Russian-speaking population, but he reserves the right to do so.

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Entering Talks In Geneva, U.S. Hopes For A Ukraine Breakthrough

8:20pm April 16, 2014

by Jackie Northam

Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet Thursday with officials from Russia, Ukraine and the European Union. They will discuss the crisis in Ukraine. While the Obama administration has said it has overwhelming evidence that Moscow is stirring up the unrest in eastern Ukraine, it says it wants to wait before expanding sanctions. Analysts say Washington has few other options.

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South Korea Ferry Disaster Sets Rescuers, And Fears, In Motion

8:20pm April 16, 2014

by NPR Staff

Hundreds are missing after a ferry sank Wednesday off South Korea's southern coast. Reporter Jason Strother in Seoul offers details on the latest developments.

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Rescuers Deliver Most, But Not All, Nigerian Schoolgirls To Safety

8:20pm April 16, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

According to the Nigerian military, all but eight of the girls kidnapped from a Nigerian boarding school have been rescued. As many as 100 girls had been abducted by militants earlier in the week.

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Tank Movement Increases Tensions In Eastern Ukraine

4:33pm April 16, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

Several Ukrainian tanks are on the move in some eastern cities, according to reports Wednesday morning. Some of the armored personnel carriers are flying Russian flags.

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Carlotta Gall began reporting on Afghanistan in November 2001, just after the U.S. started bombing the country in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pakistan, The Taliban And The Real 'Enemy' Of The Afghanistan War

7:42pm April 15, 2014

In a new book, New York Times correspondent Carlotta Gall offers new information about how Pakistan has helped the Taliban in Afghanistan and may have helped hide Osama bin Laden.

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