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This image from video provided by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) arriving in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 27, 2026. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Families fear U.S. sailors are going hungry aboard ships deployed to Iran

Here & Now Newsroom

U.S. mail service to the Middle East has been suspended indefinitely amid reports of food shortages on U.S. warships in the region.

Voices from Gaza after ceasefire

Six months into a ceasefire that promised an end to the war and a surge of aid, people say recovery hasn't even yet begun.

How Russia and Ukraine are using the Iran war to their advantage

Here & Now Newsroom

In one of the most intense attacks of the year, dozens of Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv and other parts of the country Wednesday night and Thursday morning, killing at least 18 people.

Israel and Lebanon reach ceasefire

Here & Now Newsroom

Thousands of displaced people are flooding back into southern Lebanon after a 10-day ceasefire between the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel began at midnight on Friday.

This is a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a form of yeast that can harm humans — and is resistant to the most common antifungal drugs.

Why scientists are nervous about fungi

Gabrielle Emanuel

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to their ability to develop resistance to medications that treat them.

Displaced residents travel through the Qasmieh area as they gesture on the way back to their homes in the southern Lebanon, on Friday, after the start of a 10-day ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel. Despite the truce, the Israeli military and Hezbollah warned residents not to return to their villages for their own safety.

The Strait of Hormuz opens for commercial ships but the U.S. blockade continues on Iran

NPR Staff

Iran's foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz is open, following the start of an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. President Trump swiftly responded that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran will continue.

BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 16: The Lebanese capital is seen from a viewpoint after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that would commence at midnight local time on April 16, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. The statement made no mention of Hezbollah, the militant group that has been the purported target of Israel's war here, but a senior lawmaker for the group said it had been briefed on a short-term ceasefire. Israel's campaign, which has involved intensive bombing across Lebanon and an invasion of southern parts of the country, had continued apace despite the US-Iran ceasefire agreed to on April 8. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images)

Israel starts a tense ceasefire in Lebanon. And, Trump nominates a new CDC director.

Suzanne Nuyen

A 10-day ceasefire to pause fighting between Israel and Hezb

From left: Fela, Pope Leo and friend, Queen Camilla.

Who says they have no fear of the Trump administration? The quiz knows

Holly J. Morris

Also: If you know what Eric Swalwell looks like, you'll get at least one question correct.

For the past four years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has extended a 30-day suspension of rights, effectively creating a police state that keeps Salvadoran deportees from the U.S. trapped in the Central American country's notorious prisons.

Human rights groups raise alarm over fate of Salvadorans deported from U.S.

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.

In June 2025, people line up outside the Los Angeles Federal Building, which houses offices for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation

Ximena Bustillo, Anusha Mathur

An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.