Kat Lonsdorf

3 weeks ago | wunc.org | Kat Lonsdorf

NABLUS, West Bank — As the sun starts to come up over the old city of Nablus, workers light a giant blaze of a furnace at the Touqan soap factory right off the main square. The blasting flames start to slowly heat a giant vat holding hundreds of gallons of goopy, waxy sludge above. It's a morning ritual that's been happening at the factory for more than 150 years. Musa Assakhal scrapes a metal spatula through the mixture — a combination of virgin olive oil, water and lye — checking the consistency.

1 month ago | opb.org | Kat Lonsdorf

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on Saturday. The Israeli military said it struck multiple Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, after several rockets were fired from there toward northern Israel Saturday morning. Lebanese health officials said two people had been killed, including a child, and several more were injured.

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Russell Lewis |Kat Lonsdorf |Daniel Estrin

The Israeli military says it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, sending troops back into areas they had retreated from during a nearly two-month ceasefire. This comes a day after Israel broke the ceasefire with a punishing series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 people, many of whom were children, and wounded hundreds more. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched a "targeted ground operation" in central and southern Gaza.

1 month ago | opb.org | Russell Lewis |Kat Lonsdorf |Daniel Estrin

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military says it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, sending troops back into areas they had retreated from during a nearly two-month ceasefire. This comes a day after Israel broke the ceasefire with a punishing series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 people, many of whom were children, and wounded hundreds more. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched a “targeted ground operation” in central and southern Gaza.

1 month ago | npr.org | Steve Inskeep |Kat Lonsdorf |Greg Dixon

Canada's Next Prime Minister; UN World Heritage Soap Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1237260298/1267691128" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Mark Carney, newly elected as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, delivers his victory address following the official announcement of the 2025 Liberal Leadership race results at Rogers Centre, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on March 9, 2025.