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Trump has repeated debunked claims that Afrikaners are facing a "white genocide" in South Africa. Critics say the false statements are causing conflict in a country still recovering from apartheid.

As Venezuela braces for potential U.S. military intervention, residents at the Colombia border tell NPR about their fears and hopes.

From tiny Curaçao, to troubled Haiti's remarkable comeback, discover how some of the smallest nations in the world are defying the odds to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire that burned through old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

President Trump defends Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a White House visit. And, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll reveals the president's low approval rating.

A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has survived U.S. sanctions, economic meltdown and widespread protests. Now he faces a U.S. armada off his country's coast, so how does he hang on to power?

NPR's Leila Fadel asks a spokesperson for the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, D.C., whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sees his White House visit as a success.

President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology.