NPR 2011-03-18

President Obama says the US military is working around the clock to help Japan in quake relief efforts and in an attempt to soothe radiation concerns here at home. We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it's

NPR 2011-03-17

There are many expressions of concern today about the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. One of them came from Japan's emperor. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from northern Japan the country's monarch seldom speaks in public. Nobody knows how many peo

NPR 2011-03-23

The sound of heavy anti-aircraft fire booms in the Libyan capital Tripoli, where forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are defiantly responding to US-allied air strikes. NPR's David Greene is in Tripoli, where he says Gaddafi backers are out despite

NPR 2011-03-27

Libyan rebels say coalition air strikes are helping them. They credit the allied action with enabling them to retake the eastern city of Ajdabiya. President Obama says the US-led military campaign in Libya is succeeding. He made the comments in his w

NPR 2011-03-24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will act aggressively, responsibly and wisely to preserve security, his response to the first major attack in Jerusalem in years. Today, a busy bus stop was bombed. At least one person was ki

NPR 2011-03-31

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Syria is seeing one of its bloodiest clashes between security forces and the opposition. In Daraa, troops opened fire on a crowd that set fire to a statue of Syria's late president. Casualty figures are

NPR 2011-03-30

World powers are united against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, collectively declaring today that he's got to go, but diplomats from the 40 or so countries taking part in the London gathering did not talk about arming Libya's rebels. The opposition, w

NPR 2011-03-29

Muammar Gaddafis regime in Tripoli is under heavy bombardment, the biggest attack in the capital since western operations began last week. NPRs Lourdes Garcia-Navarro tells us it comes after several nights of quiet. There were several large explosion

NPR 2011-03-28

Muammar Qaddafi's regime in Tripoli is under heavy bombardment, the biggest attack in the capital since Western operations began last week. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro tells us it comes after several nights of quiet. There were several large explosi

NPR 2011-03-26

Syria is seeing one of its bloodiest clashes between security forces and the opposition. In Daraa, troops opened fire on a crowd that set fire to a statue of Syria's late president. Casualty figures are uncertain. Large numbers of protesters also mar

NPR 2011-03-25

NPR's learned NATO plans to assume command of UN-backed no-fly operations over Libya, where coalition air strikes are targeting Muammar Gaddafi's defense system. Although theres been no official word yet on who gets control, NPR's Tom Bowman says he