Kenya’s First Female Prisons Boss Tapped to Lead Training Initiative

Kenya’s First Female Prisons Boss Tapped to Lead Training Initiative

Kenya’s first female assistant commissioner of prisons, Wanini Kireri, is changing the leadership landscape in the prison system. Kireri oversees...

US Stage Late Comeback Over Japan in Tune-up Before Gold Match

US Stage Late Comeback Over Japan in Tune-up Before Gold Match

The United States beat Japan 2-1 on Monday in an inconsequential game to end round-robin play. But the U.S. team’s...

Europe Makes New Vaccination Push to Counter Rising COVID Cases

Europe Makes New Vaccination Push to Counter Rising COVID Cases

With Europe’s rise in coronavirus infections accelerating, more governments are seeking ways to force the unvaccinated, mainly in their twenties...

South Korean Broadcaster Promises Changes After ‘Offensive’ Olympics Coverage

South Korean Broadcaster Promises Changes After ‘Offensive’ Olympics Coverage

The head of a South Korean television channel apologized Monday after the broadcaster used stereotypical images to represent various countries...

Australian Swimmer Titmus Upsets American Ledecky in Women’s 400-meter Freestyle at Tokyo Olympics

Australian Swimmer Titmus Upsets American Ledecky in Women’s 400-meter Freestyle at Tokyo Olympics

U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky lost for the first time in her Olympic career Sunday when Ariarne Titmus of Australia narrowly...

July 25, 2021

July 25, 2021

A look at the best news photos from around the world …

Citizenship Path for ‘Dreamer’ Immigrants in US Remains Uncertain

Citizenship Path for ‘Dreamer’ Immigrants in US Remains Uncertain

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he remained adamant about the need to create a pathway for U.S. citizenship...

Nightline Africa

Nightline Africa

Nightline Africa

Nightline Africa

Haiti Update

Haiti Update

On the eve of the funeral for slain Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, host Carol Castiel and assistant producer at the...

US Loses to France 83-76, 25-Game Olympic Win Streak Ends 

US Loses to France 83-76, 25-Game Olympic Win Streak Ends 

For the first time since 2004, the U.S. men’s basketball team has lost in the Olympics. And the Americans’ quest...

Sparked by Pandemic Fallout, Homeschooling Surges across US 

Sparked by Pandemic Fallout, Homeschooling Surges across US 

Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for...

Most Deaths from Drowning Are Preventable

Most Deaths from Drowning Are Preventable

On this first World Drowning Prevention Day, the World Health Organization offers life-saving solutions to prevent most of the 236,000...

The Great Resignation: US Workers Emerging from Pandemic Quit Jobs at Record Rate

The Great Resignation: US Workers Emerging from Pandemic Quit Jobs at Record Rate

With the coronavirus pandemic easing in the U.S., experts say an unprecedented number of people are choosing to quit their...

World Eskimo-Indian Olympics Celebrate Culture

World Eskimo-Indian Olympics Celebrate Culture

Two days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Native athletes gathered in Fairbanks, Alaska, to compete in the 60th...

Afghanistan’s Media Freedom in Retreat as Taliban Advances

Afghanistan’s Media Freedom in Retreat as Taliban Advances

The day the Taliban entered Balkh district, 20 km west of Mazar e Sharif, the capital of Balkh province last...

Afghan Forces Must ‘Slow the Momentum’ of Taliban, US Defense Secretary Says

Afghan Forces Must ‘Slow the Momentum’ of Taliban, US Defense Secretary Says

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday that Afghan leadership is consolidating its forces around key population centers ahead of...

Smoke From Nearby Wildfires Helps Crews Gain on Biggest US Blaze 

Smoke From Nearby Wildfires Helps Crews Gain on Biggest US Blaze 

Scores of wildfires raging across forest and scrubland in the Western United States have belched so much smoke that it...

US, Spain Set Scoring Records in Water Polo

US, Spain Set Scoring Records in Water Polo

The world champion U.S. women’s water polo squad began its quest for a third straight Olympic gold medal Saturday by...

South Africa Turmoil

South Africa Turmoil

On this edition of Encounter, Ambassador Michelle Gavin, senior fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and...

59 Cuban Protesters Prosecuted So Far; Hundreds Were Arrested

59 Cuban Protesters Prosecuted So Far; Hundreds Were Arrested

Fifty-nine Cubans have been prosecuted so far for participating in unprecedented demonstrations against the government earlier this month, a senior...

Japan’s Top Male Gymnast Fails Qualifying Event

Japan’s Top Male Gymnast Fails Qualifying Event

Kohei Uchimura, Japan’s top male gymnast, looking to end his long career in glory, instead slipped and fell Saturday during...