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On the second of a three-day trip to Iraq, Pope Francis is focusing on interfaith relations as he meets with Muslim leaders and visits a church in Baghdad.

NPR’s Scott Simon asks Iman Awad of Emgage Action what advocates want the Biden administration to do after repealing the travel ban that primarily affected Muslim-majority and African countries.

A teenager, Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, was killed during recent protests in Myanmar. NPR’s Scott Simon considers her final moments and her legacy. (Image credit: STR/AP)

Germans have a knack for stringing lots of words together to create new words. From Mundschutzmode to Coronamutationsgebiet, the pandemic has spawned a plethora of them. (Image credit: Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)

On a country road that the locals have dubbed ‘Flamingo Street’ Stavros Kalpakis walks alongside the tall reeds of Agios Mamas, a small northern Greek lagoon, peering through binoculars. The grizzled environmentalist puts on his waterproof waders and boots and

White House says spree is an ‘active threat’; hackers exploit flaws in Microsoft Exchange, stealing email and infecting servers to let them take control remotely

Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Friday backed calls for the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying China’s “nasty” activity made it an inappropriate host. Pompeo, a vociferous critic of Beijing while he was

The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday. The six-wheeled rover travelled about 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in 33 minutes on Thursday, NASA said. It drove

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A father crossed into Azeri-held territory after his son appeared to be captured in Nagorno-Karabakh as the two countries wrangle over prisoners.