World

People attend the 2022 New York City Pride Parade.

World News

3 LGBTQ diplomats see opportunity and crisis for queer people around the world

5:00am June 30, 2022

Only four countries in the world have a high level diplomat specifically assigned to handle LGBTQ issues. We spoke to three of them to hear what their work has taught them.

Queue Listen Now

China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after arriving for the upcoming handover anniversary by train in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

World News

Chinese leader Xi arrives in Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover

4:45am June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Chinese leader is expected to speak about Hong Kong's future at a ceremony Friday marking the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997.

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. Tarrio, the former top leader of the Proud Boys, will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired with other

World News

New Zealand's government classifies the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization

4:32am June 30, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and four other members were federally charged earlier this month with conspiring to overthrow the government by attacking the Capitol in the Jan. 6 riots.

Incoming Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, right, attend Marcos' inauguration ceremony in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

World News

Dictator's son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes oath as Philippine president

1:56am June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The namesake son of an ousted dictator is sworn in as Philippine president in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history in the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin, Germany, on June 24, 2022.

Putin has been unwilling to engage in Ukraine talks, says Secretary of State Blinken

8:19pm June 29, 2022

It is important that the Ukrainians define the terms of any potential negotiation, Blinken tells NPR, while the U.S. makes sure that the country has the means to repel Russian aggression.

President Biden waits for the start of a roundtable meeting at the NATO summit in Madrid. He announced the U.S. would increase its military presence in Europe.

Biden is boosting U.S. troops in Europe because of Russia's war in Ukraine

5:45pm June 29, 2022

by Tamara Keith

President Biden said there will be a permanent headquarters in Poland for the U.S. 5th Army Corps. It's one of several ways NATO forces will be beefed up after Russia invaded Ukraine.

World News

The region responsible for 40% of Italy's agriculture faces worst drought in 70 years

5:41pm June 29, 2022

by Adam Raney

Italy's agricultural heartland is suffering its worst drought in 70 years. Authorities are struggling to deal with the situation and save as much of the country's harvest as possible.

International special envoys for LGBTQ rights talk about pride around the world

5:41pm June 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with envoys assigned to LGBTQ issues – the U.S.'s Jessica Stern, Italy's Fabrizio Petri and Argentina's Alba Rueda – about whether life is improving for queer people globally.

A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris after a shooting on Nov. 13, 2015.

World News

20 men are convicted in the 2015 Paris terror attacks; one sentenced to life in prison

5:25pm June 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The deadliest peacetime attacks in French history killed 130 people. Chief suspect Salah Abdeslam was found guilty of murder and attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise.

Secretary Blinken and Spanish Foreign Minister Albares on new NATO Strategic Concept

4:57pm June 29, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin moderates a panel with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Spain's Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares at the NATO Public Forum in Madrid about Ukraine and immigration.