The move is aimed at easing past restrictions to attract foreign talent to key industries and sectors. The new visa is good for 10 years and can be obtained in less than a week.
After calling on Pakistan to deny safe haven to extremists who are undermining Afghanistan's government, the Trump administration has suspended most security assistance to Pakistan.
President Trump and top GOP congressional leaders meet on Friday to build on the success of the tax overhaul measure. Those efforts are being overshadowed by the expedited publishing of a new book.
South Korea says they will discuss North Korea's participation in February's Olympics. It's a sign of easing tensions after the North Korean leader announced he has a nuclear button on his desk.
As China's ban on ivory goes into effect, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to professor George Wittemyer of Colorado State University about the impacts on the global ivory trade and what it might mean for elephant poaching in Africa.
After Monday's tweet by President Trump accusing Pakistan of "deceit" and of harboring terrorists, the U.S. announced it will suspend most security aid to Islamabad. But the cut won't be permanent.
A federal court in New York City convicted Mehmet Hakan Atilla of participating in a plot to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran — but Turkish leaders are decrying the decision as "unjust and unfortunate."
Pakistani relations with the U.S. are at a crisis point. Steve Inskeep talks with Pakistani journalist and Friday Times editor Najam Sethi about where things stand between the countries.
New Yorker journalist Evan Osnos says Chinese leaders think of President Trump as a "paper tiger" who makes promises he can't deliver and who can be "managed" with flattery.