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At this new takeout restaurant in Pittsburgh, the only food served is from countries the United States is in conflict with. Their sandwich, the kubideh, is from Iran and comes in a wrapper covered with information meant to spark conversation.

At the Group of 20 summit, President Obama reassured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. will do more to find a solution to Syria's political crisis, while also countering ISIS.

Iranians vote for a president on Friday. In the streets of Tehran the expectation is that a hardliner will win, in part for lack of many other choices.

Washington may seem divided, but a recent dinner hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris for her former female colleagues in the Senate hints at something else: personal relationships.

The three astronauts who blasted off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China will stay three months in the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony.

In an open letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, the Harlem Globetrotters demanded the team join the league as a franchise.

NPR's Audie Cornish chats with Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Wexler about rising rates of avocado theft in South Africa.

China and the Taliban are increasing their outreach to each other, as the insurgent group takes over much of Afghanistan.

The policy announced Monday threatens a "hard quarantine" that is longer than the Games themselves for anyone who arrives unvaccinated.

In many places, homecoming celebrations feel more meaningful this year. At one high school in Washington, D.C., homecoming was the largest event hosted by administrators since the pandemic started.

We have the latest from Houston, where surging crowds led to panic at the Astroworld Festival, resulting in at least 8 deaths and several injuries.

We look at the latest on what's now known about the music festival tragedy in Houston on Friday night, when a surge in the crowd resulted in a deadly stampede.

The Biden administration often says that human rights are at the center of its foreign policy. Egypt is a big test case of that, as it and the U.S. are holding high level talks.

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, U.S. land borders open to non-essential travel. Fully vaccinated foreigners will be able to enter the U.S. to shop or visit friends and family.

After eight terms in the U.S. Senate, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont announced his retirement on Monday. The powerful senator was at the center of many Supreme Court nomination fights.

NPR looks back at a chaotic week at the White House as it grapples with a coronavirus outbreak that has affected key staff members and sent others to work from home.

Donald Trump says that if Iran harasses U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf, "they will be shot out of the water." Iranian and U.S. Navy vessels have long played cat-and-mouse in the Gulf.

In 2017, the rapper Logic named a song after the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. A new study has found it may have had a remarkable impact.

In Michigan, hairdresser Ashley Medina is known as the Mullet Queen of Lansing, with clients coming from all over the U.S. to get a mullet styled by her.

There's a debate in France over whether to rebuild Notre Dame more or less as it was before, or come up with a new design to incorporate medieval and modern elements.

Senator Bob Dole's remains lie in repose in his hometown of Russell, Kansas, where residents once raised funds for his recovery from war wounds, and later, helped launch his long political career.

The King of ranchera music, Vicente Fernandez, died Sunday. He leaves tens of millions of devoted fans throughout the Latino world.

After years working separately, Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist had all the ingredients they needed for a front-to-back classic when they finally linked up to make 2020's Alfredo.

The two creators of the new Hanukkah-themed bar saw a void in the pop-up scene. Neither is Jewish, but they did enough research to be able to serve up matzo ball soup, latkes, and boozy jelly donuts.

Despite a video call between Peng Shuai and members of the Olympic Committee along with video of her attending events over the weekend, some remain concerned for the athlete's wellbeing.