Protesters are running low on supplies as they try to wait out the police inside a Hong Kong university. Security officials threaten to use live ammunition.
The Trump administration is pushing wealthy allies to pay more for the U.S. to defend them. But analysts say the U.S. benefits from its alliances in ways that are hard to put a dollar value on.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the U.S. no longer considers Israeli West Bank settlements an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. That announcement reverses decades of U.S. policy.
The latest NPR poll shows people are paying attention to the impeachment hearings, where four witnesses testify in public Tuesday. Iran clamps down on protests that flared after it hiked gas prices.
The change, announced by Secretary Mike Pompeo, follows the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that country's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights.
The Italian city is reeling from a week in which floodwaters damaged the city's cultural legacy, as well as homes and businesses. Volunteers are helping salvage precious books, among other items.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, about the U.S. response to China's mass detention of Uighurs and the violent turn in protests in Hong Kong.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called a rare press conference to make a pro-Israel announcement, but steered away from questions about the impeachment inquiry and Ukraine.