"I'm absolutely delighted," says Angus Deaton ofPrinceton University. He won for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare," the Nobel Committee says.
Led by Kurds, the coalition could receive U.S. air support in the fight against both President Bashar al-Assad and ISIS. Its members also include Arabs and Assyrian Christians.
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been convicted by an Iranian court, according to state TV. It did not say on which charges he had been convicted or whether a sentence had been imposed.
Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories that started with rock-throwing incidents two weeks ago continues to escalate. At least five Israelis and 25 Palestinians have been killed.
Steve Inskeep talks to freelance journalist Lucy Kafanov about the political significance of deadly peace demonstrations in Ankara over the weekend. Nearly 100 people were killed in bomb attacks.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Soner Cagaptay of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the bombings Saturday at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, which killed close to 100 people.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Karen Tumlin of the National Immigration Law Center about the differences between legal protections for migrants fleeing gang violence and those fleeing war.
A wave of migrants are fleeing El Salvador, one of the deadliest places in the world. Among them are a mother and her teenage daughters, split between two countries, trying to outrun gang violence.
The Syrian performer has made his way through Europe while rapping about his experiences: "Lost between heaven and hell, I'm desperately trying to reach the light at the end."