Senate Panel Backs Bill To Allow Congressional Review Of Iran Deal
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill that would give Congress a role in approving the Iran nuclear agreement.
Middle East
Obama Pledges Support To Iraqi Prime Minister In Fight Against Islamic State
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is on his first official visit to Washington, D.C.
Aid Workers Face Challenges In Yemen As Humanitarian Crisis Continues
NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Marie-Elisabeth Ingres, head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in Yemen, about the deteriorating situation in Sanaa, where she's been based since August. Even though they have been able to get medical supplies this weekend, she says there is concern about getting food, water, fuel and drugs for chronic illnesses if the conflict continues.
Senators To Review Bill Designed To Limit Iran Nuclear Deal
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will review bill Tuesday that intends to give Congress a voice on the Iran nuclear agreement.
Obama Would Sign Compromise Iran Bill As It Stands, White House Says
Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the measure, which would give Congress say over negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program.
Republicans Are Making Foreign Policy The Obamacare Of The 2016 Election
The GOP still has the health care law in its sights, but now it also promises to do away with the president's opening to Cuba and nascent deal on nuclear development with Iran.
And The Fate Of The Hermaphrodite Goat Is...
The authorities in Gaza decided that the animal had to be slaughtered.
The Truth About Humanitarian Work: High Ideals Vs. Hard Realities
In this week's For the Record, we meet three humanitarian aid workers: one confronting the Ebola crisis, another trying to educate Syrian refugees and another who's stepped back from field work.
A Hermaphrodite Goat Could Be The Ultimate Scapegoat
It lives in Gaza. It has male private parts — and udders. People think its milk might have special powers. The government thinks it's a scam and wants to kill it. We'll find out its fate on Sunday.
Murky Saudi Relationship Leaves Pakistan Conflicted On Yemen Conflict
NPR's Arun Rath talks to Arif Rafiq, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute, on Pakistan's uneasy position in Yemen's conflict.