Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing protesters that began in the capital last week quickly spread beyond Jakarta. https://to.pbs.org/4mAEjoi
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Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing protesters that began in the capital last week quickly spread beyond Jakarta. https://to.pbs.org/4mAEjoi
“Russia and India have maintained special relations for decades. Friendly, trusting. This is the foundation for the development of our relations in the future,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said. https://to.pbs.org/3URJFzp
“I heard the same message from Pope Leo that I heard from Pope Francis, which is the desire to welcome all people, including LGBTQ people,” the Rev. James Martin, S.J., told the AP. “It was wonderful. It was very consoling and very encouraging and, frankly, a lot of fun.” https://to.pbs.org/46hrN7l
The most urgent task for Congress is to avoid a government shutdown on Sept. 30, when federal funding runs out. https://to.pbs.org/4lRR6By
“Another merciless night in Gaza City,” said Saeed Abu Elaish, a Jabaliya-born medic sheltering in the northwestern side of the city. https://to.pbs.org/3HVQ7T5
“Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide,” according to the resolution from the International Association of Genocide Scholars. https://to.pbs.org/45Tumg1
Here's the scoop on how Ben & Jerry’s is diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity. https://to.pbs.org/3U5vS7U
“It’s a dynamic period. It’s an opportunity where we could see potentially solutions for the largest global displacements that we have seen in the last 14 years,” Deputy High Commissioner of UNHCR Kelly T. Clements told The Associated Press. https://to.pbs.org/4n9NnjU
From northern border towns to major hot spots like Las Vegas and Los Angeles, popular travel destinations reported hosting fewer foreign visitors this summer. https://to.pbs.org/4n0Luqh
Crowds inside the mosque chanted against Israel and the United States as they grieved the deaths of the officials, including the foreign affairs, media and culture, and industrial ministers. https://to.pbs.org/481uPOi
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government. https://to.pbs.org/45JW0fh
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Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining 11 U.N. employees, officials said. https://to.pbs.org/46mEInF
After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge temporarily blocked the flights as their attorneys said authorities were violating U.S. laws and sending vulnerable kids into potential peril. https://to.pbs.org/3HZi4cA
Human fecal contamination is a public health concern in natural areas. And if you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go — with no toilet in sight. (via @us.theconversation.com) https://to.pbs.org/41z38sh
A single-source news report that said Trump administration officials plan to take COVID-19 vaccines off the market prompted fresh questions about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power over vaccines. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4n3NkG9
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The Chicago Police Department will be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement or any related patrols, traffic stops and checkpoints during the surge, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. https://to.pbs.org/4oYtsGe
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said Sunday, as water levels of rivers rise to all-time highs. https://to.pbs.org/41sWKmy
The Israeli military announced Sunday that it killed the longtime spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing, as the country’s security cabinet met to discuss the expanding offensive in some of Gaza’s most populated areas. https://to.pbs.org/464BeWD
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. https://to.pbs.org/3HBPmP3
Their epic journey from Peru to Australia lasted 139 days without stopping and without support. On shore, they hugged each other, then their girlfriends and their mother, who had flown in from Scotland. Their goal was to raise money and attention for clean water projects.
Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan MacLean rowed into a Cairns, Australia marina, greeted by the strains of "Scotland the Brave" on bagpipes and a crowd of family members and well-wishers.
Three Scottish brothers who embarked on a 9,000-mile row across the Pacific Ocean completed their journey Saturday, setting a new world record.
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The Palestinian president’s office on Saturday urged the U.S. government to reverse its unusual decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he was meant to appear at the U.N.’s main annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state. https://to.pbs.org/4lQp6yg
A deadly flesh-eating parasitic larva was just found in a human in the U.S. Is that cause for panic? Probably not. The screwworm has been largely eradicated in the U.S. since the 1960s, and human cases aren’t common. (via @politifact.bsky.social)
Israel will soon halt or slow humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its military offensive against Hamas, an official said Saturday, a day after Gaza City was declared a combat zone. https://to.pbs.org/4g1tglG
An angry mob set fire to a local parliament building in an Indonesian provincial capital, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized, officials said. https://to.pbs.org/462EyBH
The U.K. has barred Israeli government officials from attending the country’s biggest arms fair over growing concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. https://to.pbs.org/4lSzKVd
Three Scottish brothers set a world record Saturday for completing the fastest unsupported row across the full Pacific Ocean. https://to.pbs.org/4n08THC
The Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Iranian-backed rebels. https://to.pbs.org/4p1cFT8
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel industry two years after the governor declared the state had “finally beat big oil.” https://to.pbs.org/46bG2KW
The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. https://to.pbs.org/45FZlMl
Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections. https://to.pbs.org/428Hawr
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law. https://to.pbs.org/4naCsqj
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukrainian officials want to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders next week to discuss recent developments in efforts to end the three-year war with Russia. https://to.pbs.org/4n6SZeK
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy. https://to.pbs.org/3VczPIF
The two nations released a “joint vision” for cooperation for the next 10 years after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba held talks in Tokyo. https://to.pbs.org/4lQc8k8
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday aimed at ending cashless bail, a criminal justice reform that advocates say actually increases public safety. https://to.pbs.org/3JVY23e
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is calling lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state's congressional maps. The Republican's announcement is the latest move in a nationwide battle over redistricting ahead of next year's midterm elections.
President Donald Trump is attempting to single-handedly block nearly $5 billion in foreign aid that Congress has already approved. He is doing it by invoking a little-known power play called a pocket rescission, effectively cutting lawmakers out of the process.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ruling that she violated ethics rules in a phone call with a high-ranking Cambodian official. https://to.pbs.org/4lOFRd6
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At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. https://to.pbs.org/3JCSL0u
More than 14,000 mainly Venezuelan migrants who hoped to reach the United States have reversed course and turned south since President Trump’s immigration crackdown began, according to a report published Friday by the governments of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica. https://to.pbs.org/4p6c4zF
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Even as most categories of crime continue to fall in Minneapolis after a surge that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd, the season has seen a spike in violence that repeatedly led to armored vehicles rolling through the streets carrying police in full combat gear. https://to.pbs.org/3HJnlFb
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge mostly held steady last month despite President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs, but a measure of underlying inflation increased. https://to.pbs.org/47l2lyS
The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called “E-Verify” has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure they’re employing people who can legally work. https://to.pbs.org/4fWhOro
The United States is boosting its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels with the expected arrival of more vessels next week, an action that will undoubtedly fuel more speculation in Venezuela. https://to.pbs.org/3JFz5ZS
“Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life,” Jesse Merkel said Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/4lRmC2M
Oregon could become the second U.S. state to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program as lawmakers begin a special session Friday to fill a $300 million transportation budget hole that threatens basic services like snowplowing and road repairs. https://to.pbs.org/47lfh7U
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States. https://to.pbs.org/4g1GWNp
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump and his desire to hold onto a slim GOP majority in the U.S. House. https://to.pbs.org/4lUByNs
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection. https://to.pbs.org/3JEXQFB
The death toll in a major Russian missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital rose to 23, including four children, officials said Friday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year war remain stuck in apparent limbo. https://to.pbs.org/4n5pXfy
President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won’t be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. https://to.pbs.org/47QkgO2
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast, New Orleans is set to commemorate the anniversary Friday with memorials, performances and a parade to honor those who were affected. https://to.pbs.org/4lRa8bh
The toll surpassed 63,000 as Palestinians faced the start of Israel’s expanded offensive in Gaza City, against a backdrop of displacement, destruction and a famine that has gripped parts of the territory. https://to.pbs.org/4oWbV1o
The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. https://to.pbs.org/4mHase3
The nation’s top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s current deputy. https://to.pbs.org/420a5Th
President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, a senior White House official said on Friday. https://to.pbs.org/3VveWYZ
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has requested an emergency injunction to block President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home and condo in 2021. https://to.pbs.org/45XuedW
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel. https://to.pbs.org/4oXf80R
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. https://to.pbs.org/45G2Qm2
Tesla sales plunged 40% in July in the 27 European Union countries compared with the year earlier even as sales overall of electric vehicles soared, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. https://to.pbs.org/4mCHGej
President Donald Trump’s recent focus on crime in Washington and other big cities came as views of his handling of immigration had been souring, a new analysis by The Associated Press shows. https://to.pbs.org/46d1hMn
A recent study from Harvard Medical School asks whether the element lithium might be a key factor in whether someone develops Alzheimer’s disease. https://to.pbs.org/4lOEYBq
The White House reacted Thursday to the shooting in Minneapolis that killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen others sitting in the pews of a church by calling it a “horrific” attack by a “deranged shooter.” https://to.pbs.org/45PSX3W
The Trump administration asked a military base outside of Chicago for support on immigration operations this week, offering a clue of what an expanded law enforcement crackdown might look like in the nation’s third-largest city. https://to.pbs.org/4lRNpfo
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Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” https://to.pbs.org/47jrudh
The nation’s top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://to.pbs.org/4p3zRQO
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make his first visit to China in six years to attend a military parade next week, the two countries said Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/460hm77
An internet site which showed photos of thousands of Italian women without their consent and attracted obscene and explicit comments was forced to shut down on Thursday after a backlash. https://to.pbs.org/4fUzyTU
The Amsterdam museum that displays a priceless collection of works by one of the world’s most popular artists, Vincent van Gogh, may have to close if the Dutch government doesn’t help foot the bill for major repairs to its aging building, the museum’s director said. https://to.pbs.org/47cMAdk
A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a press conference in Lebanon earlier this week. https://to.pbs.org/47RPpRg
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The videos, released this week, are meant to prepare the 37 million residents in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area for potential disasters. https://to.pbs.org/4fTxgV6
An aid convoy entered the city of Sweida in southern Syria via the main highway from Damascus on Thursday, for the first time since a major outbreak of sectarian violence last month shook the country’s fragile recovery from nearly 14 years of civil war. https://to.pbs.org/4n3PYf4
Nigeria’s government has banned the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material in many cosmetic products, in a bid to grow the country into a global supplier of refined shea butter and other skincare ingredients. https://to.pbs.org/4fYtTwl
The vigil was held by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis at the Academy of Holy Angels, located about two miles from Annunciation Catholic School, where the shooting took place.
"How tragic that was, and yet in the midst of that, there was courage, there was bravery, but most especially there was love," Hebda said.
While leading the service, Archbishop Bernard Hebda described how young students helped one another during the horrific event and shielded their classmates from bullets.
Members of the Minneapolis community gathered for a vigil on Wednesday night to honor the victims of the school shooting that left at least two young children dead and another 17 people injured.
Rwanda has become the third African nation to receive deportees from the United States as the Trump administration expands its program to send migrants to countries they have no ties with. https://to.pbs.org/4mzMKAb
NATO released data on Thursday showing that all its 32 members are projected to finally meet a longstanding goal of spending 2% of their overall economic output on defense this year, while only three meet a new goal set at 3.5% of GDP agreed in June. https://to.pbs.org/45CENUW
France, Germany and the United Kingdom started a process Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its 12-day war with Israel saw its atomic sites repeatedly bombed. https://to.pbs.org/3UQ27IB
Rwanda is one of four African countries that have reached deportation agreements with the U.S. The others are Uganda, Eswatini and South Sudan. https://to.pbs.org/47RjsbM
The government handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that lacks a functioning website, has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. https://to.pbs.org/4mGiYtM
A major Russian air attack on Kyiv early Thursday, including a rare strike in the city center that damaged the European Union’s diplomatic offices, killed at least 17 people and wounded 48 more, authorities said. https://to.pbs.org/4oRG5CZ
Nearly 700 relief and 265 medical camps have been set up in the flood-hit areas, a provincial minister said, adding that food and other essential supplies are being delivered to flood-hit areas. https://to.pbs.org/3UPMp04
The back-and-forth comes as polls suggest support for President Donald Trump’s aggressive focus on crime in big cities run by Democrats and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a wealthy businessman seeking a third term, continues to build his national profile. https://to.pbs.org/45QWfUw
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence. https://to.pbs.org/4lLn4iL
“These departures are a serious loss for America. They make our country less safe and less prepared for public health emergencies,” said Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease researcher. https://to.pbs.org/4mHGN4u
Speaking to a silent crowd crammed inside a nearby school’s gym on Wednesday night, Archbishop Bernard Hebda described the students trying to shield their classmates as the gunfire erupted. https://to.pbs.org/4mCxSBd
Clearing encampments is part of a wider push across the country by Democrats and Republican lawmakers alike to take drastic action to reduce homelessness, but experts say it's counterproductive and ineffective. https://to.pbs.org/3JuTUHv