After the U.S. killed an Iranian general, Iran hit back by firing missiles at an air base in Iraq, which hosts U.S. and coalition troops. How badly was the base damaged?
Canadian commentators fault the U.S. for killing a top Iranian general, leading Iran to retaliate and, it appears, accidentally shoot down a plane with 63 Canadians on board.
The queen will reportedly host Prince Harry, Prince Charles and Prince William at her country estate on Monday to discuss the couple's plans to "step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family."
"There are things that I could have handled on the ground much better," the PM said. Many have linked the deadly fires to climate change and blamed conservative Australian governments for inaction.
Attacks on ships last summer and current tensions with Iran put a spotlight on the dangers navigating the Strait of Hormuz, as security consultant Kevin Thompson tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
Billions of dollars poured into Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, giving the economy a boost. But reconstruction hasn't lived up to what was promised and Haitians tell NPR they feel forgotten.
Australia hasn't had a recession in nearly 30 years, an impressive track record for an industrialized county. But the fires threaten two pillars of the country's economy.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Iraqi political analyst Hamzeh Hadad and Lebanese researcher Jimmy Matar about the U.S.-Iran escalation and other regional tensions in the Middle East.