With 7.5 million daily passengers, Mumbai's commuter rail system is the world's busiest — and deadliest. A man who lost his legs in a rail accident is leading a campaign for safety.
Recent arrests of public interest workers have dealt a blow to the country's now-vanishing civil society groups, which security officials deem as a national security threat.
NPR's Noel King speaks with Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator for the State Department, about the resignation of the Trump administration's special envoy for Middle East peace talks.
As a deal between the U.S. and the Taliban takes shape, the top American general for the region insists there will continue to be a need to combat terrorism in Afghanistan.
It was a disastrous week for new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. NPR's Noel King talks to Brexit researcher Georgina Wright of the Institute for Government in London.
Recovery and rescue efforts are underway in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. Also, health officials are looking at the role of vitamin E and vaping in respiratory illnesses.