Despite mounting evidence, Ukrainian leaders had previously declined to say whether the offensive had been launched. The Ukrainian forces are now attacking the Russians in three separate areas.
When fire engulfed the Paris landmark in 2019, the intricate maze of medieval beams supporting the roof fell to the cathedral floor. Experts are working to restore the church by the end of 2024.
Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to form diplomatic ties with China.
Rain is expected to start on Sunday evening, potentially helping to put out wildfires in Canada's Alberta and Quebec provinces. This is already the country's worst wildfire year on record.
The children — ranging from 11 months to 13 years old — survived a May 1 Amazon crash that killed three adults and then wandered on their own in the jungle before being found alive by soldiers.
The flamboyant and populist former U.K. prime minister quit his parliamentary seat. He called the panel examining whether he lied to fellow lawmakers about COVID social gatherings a "kangaroo court."
Isabel Allende's latest is a tale of two child immigrants — a boy who escapes Nazi occupied Vienna in 1938 and a girl who escapes military gangs in El Salvador in 2019 — and their shared experience.
As fighting in Sudan's capital continues to rage, experts say it's spilling over into the Darfur region and risks fully reigniting a conflict from the early 2000s that left hundreds of thousands dead.
A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents almost 2,000 incidents in 2022: "a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar."
The former prime minister quit as a lawmaker after receiving the results of an investigation over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a series of government parties during the pandemic.
Population growth has long been a source of worry in India, which now has more people than China: 1.46 billion residents. But some experts are optimistic about the impact of this population boom.
As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.
Kim Hyun-woo used to work for North Korea's top intelligence agency. He defected to South Korea in 2014 and is now on his first-ever visit to the United States.
