Five years after the return of the Taliban and their restrictions on women, we look at how Afghan girls and women find ways to work and study.

A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, officials said.

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The surge in attacks, including against other Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, has come in the week since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against the Houthis.

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It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war. The extended deployment drew attention following reports of crew stress and supply shortages.

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American doctors in Gaza tell NPR they saw patients suffering because of Israeli restrictions on aid.

Three years after the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 emptied communities along Israel's border with Gaza, residents are returning and new families are moving in.

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Israel marked three years since the Oct. 7 attacks with memorials for those killed. And in Gaza, people are living among the ruins of a war they say has never ended.

Hundreds move back to the Kibbutz communities and southern Israeli cities that border Gaza. Many say they want to repopulate and help rebuild the region devastated by the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack.

NPR's A Martínez asks Megan Sutcliffe, who focuses on security risks in the Middle East, why Iran would want to target a British air base.

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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Israel remembers those killed on Oct. 7, three years after the Hamas attack that triggered wars across the region.

NPR's A Martinez asks Israeli pollster and journalist Dahlia Scheindlin how the political legacy and future of Israel's prime minister have changed since the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.

Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that Palestinians still grapple with.

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On the third anniversary of Israel's deadliest day, Israelis are grappling with reports that Netanyahu received repeated warnings from regional allies about such an attack by Hamas.

Saudi-backed forces in Yemen launch a major counter-offensive to drive back Houthis, supported by Iran

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Michael Ratney, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, about the new military offensive launched by Saudi Arabia and Yemeni forces against the Iran-backed Houthis.

In Iraq, NPR attends trials of French ISIS suspects after transfer from Syrian camps.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News, which has issued an extensive new report on the U.S. airstrikes on a school in southern Iran.