Skip to main content

© 2026 WEKU

NPR for Central and Eastern Kentucky

Support WEKU!

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

The Fall Pledge Drive ends Thursday! Support WEKU and get the brand-new WEKU Travel Mug. Donate today! Click here to support fact-based journalism and balanced reporting. Thanks!

NPR News

Rising gas prices fuel protests in countries around the world

NPR | By Aya Batrawy,

Michel Martin

Published September 17, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

Protests over rising fuel protest are happening around the world, a ripple effect as the Us war on Iran is dragging Saudi Arabia in deeper

Copyright 2026 NPR

NPR News

Aya Batrawy

Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai.

Michel Martin

Michel Martin is a host of Morning Edition.

See stories by Michel Martin

Support nonprofit, fact-based public service journalism

WEKU depends on support from those who view and listen to our content. There's no paywall here. Please support WEKU with your donation.

Contribute now

Related Content

NPR News

Why reshaping memories may hold the key to raising self-esteem

Malaka Gharib, Marielle Segarra, Lennon Sherburne

In a new book, psychologist Marisa Franco explains why it's good to feel good about yourself — and shares a helpful memory technique that we've turned into a printable worksheet.
NPR News

D.C. airspace is complicated. Experts say Trump's arch would add one more risk

Rachel Treisman

The Trump administration wants to build its 250-foot arch near one of the country's busiest runways. The FAA will determine whether that poses a hazard. But independent experts already have concerns.
NPR News

A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric

Juliana Kim

The driver said he was shaken by a violent encounter at a rest stop, which he described as unprovoked.
NPR News

People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option

Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman

Waterfront homes are collapsing along the coast. Homeowners generally have plenty of warning before their house buckles. So why aren't most houses removed, or at least emptied, before they fall?
NPR News

Head Start got her out of homelessness. Trump proposal threatens that help for others

Sequoia Carrillo

A Trump administration proposal would change access to Head Start for children experiencing homelessness and the kind of care they would receive if they do get in.