Iran's judiciary head signaled Wednesday there would be fast trials and executions ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests despite a warning from President Trump.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Youseph Yazdi, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, about his recent visit to Iran, where thousands have been killed in anti-government protests.

NPR's A Martinez asks Rufus Gifford, who served as U.S. ambassador to Denmark under the Obama administration, about President Trump's aspirations to take control of Greenland.

Marine Le Pen, a French far-right leader, was back in court Tuesday to appeal an embezzlement conviction that could put her political ambitions at risk.

The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia.

China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher tariffs.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, at the center of a geopolitical storm.

Leaders from Denmark and Greenland will meet with top U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday to try to find a way out of a crisis caused by President Trump repeated demands to annex Greenland.

There is broad support for the protests among Israeli officials, but Palestinians say they hope the Iranian regime stays in place and the protests die down soon.

Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration over unconstitutional ICE conduct. And, SCOTUS hears two cases on whether states can bar transgender athletes from women's sports.