NPR 2011-03-14

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says his country is facing the biggest crisis since World War II. Hes doubled the number of troops being dispatched for rescue and relief to 100,000, and he is calling on his countrymen to pull together. Im confident

NPR 2011-03-15

The head of the UN's Atomic Energy Agency has said the threat of an uncontrolled nuclear reaction has passed in Japan, but Japanese authorities are still concerned about the possibility of a meltdown. Reporter Doualy Xaykaothao is in Koriyama City, a

NPR 2011-03-16

Japan's Transportation Ministry has imposed a no-fly zone over a 20-mile radius around the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A military spokesman says the fears of more radioactive particles leaking from the complex after a fire in three

NPR 2011-04-02

The United Nations confirms at least seven of its international workers, both staff and guards, were killed today in northern Afghanistan when protesters stormed the office and opened fire. Officials at UN offices in New York say the final count coul

NPR 2011-02-07

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expressing US support for the Cairo government's plan for a democratic transition in Egypt. NPR's Michele Kelemen talked to the secretary in Munich today. Secretary Clinton says she's keeping tabs on the Egyptian

NPR 2011-01-02

A powerful bomb exploded outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt this morning as worshipers emerged from a New Year's Mass. Twenty-one people were killed. Speaking through an interpreter, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemned the

NPR 2011-01-03

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Floodwaters in the Australian state of Queensland are finally starting to recede in some areas, while others towns are still bracing for the worst. Stuart Cohen reports from Sydney. The city of Rockhampton

NPR 2011-01-04

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. California swears in its 39th governor today, Democrat Jerry Brown. I take this obligation freely. Without any mental reservation. Without any mental reservation. or Really! No mental reservation. Brown

NPR 2011-01-05

In response to a very public embarrassment for the Pentagon, the Navy has stripped a senior officer of his command of the USS Enterprise. A disgraced captain, Owen Honors, was removed from his post this afternoon several years after he produced and s

NPR 2011-01-06

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The 112th Congress is in session with a newly empowered GOP. In the House, where Republicans are now in the majority, Congressman John Boehner of Ohio is the new speaker of the House. He says the top pri

NPR 2011-01-07

President Obama formally announces his next chief of staff. Today I am proud to announce the appointment of an experienced public servant, a devoted patriot, my friend, fellow Chicagoan Bill Daley to serve as my chief of staff. William Daley is the b

NPR 2011-01-08

The nation's payrolls expanded in December, sending the unemployment rate down almost 0.5 percent to 9.4 percent, but Danielle Karson reports the economy created fewer jobs than anaylsts were expecting. The private sector added 113,000 jobs to busine

NPR 2011-04-01

A barrage of questions today for Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen. They were grilled extensively on Libya by the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. As NPR's David Welna reports, both Pentagon offic

NPR 2011-01-10

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remains at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona after being shot in the head yesterday. As we hear from NPR's Jeff Brady in Tucson, doctors say Giffords has responded to some simple commands, but she's sti

NPR 2011-01-11

Through displays of flowers and candlelit vigils, people across the US are paying tribute to the victims of Saturday's shooting rampage in Arizona. President Obama, who led the nation in a moment of silence this morning, said all anyone could do now

NPR 2011-01-12

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is able to breathe on her own, but doctors says theyre keeping her on a breathing tube to protect her airway, and they have cut back her sedation. Giffords is the only one of the 14 survivors of Saturdays shoo

NPR 2011-01-13

Four days after being shot in the head, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is said to be making progress. One of her doctors says the Democrat is less sedated and making small movements. Giffords was among 14 people injured Saturday, when polic

NPR 2011-01-14

Doctors in Tucson say Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is opening her eyes for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, and they say her progress has been exceptional. NPR's Jeff Brady says doctors hope to remove her breathing tube in coming days. Concern over br

NPR 2011-01-15

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition at a hospital in Tucson, but the neurosurgeon treating her says doctors are, in his words, actually confident that she's making progress. We can even think that she is beginning t

NPR 2011-01-16

People in Tunisia are trying to figure out the next step now that the president has gone after a month of anti-government protests. Eleanor Beardsley is in Tunis. She says people don't know what to expect. The mood is very tense and very uncertain. I