Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants has begun. Pakistan's security forces dispersed protesters in the capital. Trump tariffs aim to stop fentanyl from entering the U.S.
Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.
The operation came hours after thousands of Khan supporters broke through a barrier of shipping containers blocking off Islamabad and clashed with security forces.
Some schools and international students in the U.S. worry about what's to come in the incoming Trump administration. Meanwhile, a new report finds more international students in the U.S. than ever.