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Many of the world's poorest places are getting even more difficult to live in as climate change fuels an upswing in natural disasters. One group says cash aid can help.

As a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is tested, NPR visits the southernmost part of the country to assess the damage left after this latest round of fighting.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Abby Maxman, President of Oxfam America, about her recent visit to meet internally displaced people in Lebanon amid ongoing war in the region.

Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment.

Residents of Paradise, Calif., know all too well what people in West Maui are going through. They share advice on how to cope — and look to the future — after a devastating wildfire.

VP Harris and her running mate continue their introductory tour. Ukraine launches one of its most brazen operations in the war with Russia. An extreme wildfire tore through Lahaina a year ago.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators delves into gun control. Shanghai residents can leave their homes after two months of lockdowns. And Queen Elizabeth celebrates her record 70 years on the throne.

China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it's collecting sensitive information.

As climate change and development exacerbate the Mississippi River’s environmental problems, many communities will have to grapple with the questions facing Dogtooth Bend: how to balance the costs of maintaining America’s aging levee system against the pain of relocating communities and farmland.

The United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran overnight. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly discusses the attacks with NPR's Daniel Estrin and Greg Myre.