Latest On The North Korea Summit
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Korea expert Jean Lee of the Wilson Center about the latest on North Korea and a meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Trump.
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American Released From Venezuelan Prison Returns Home
Joshua Holt, an American prisoner in Venezuela for two years, has been released and returned to the United States.
Failures In Afghanistan
A new report says the American effort to stabilize Afghanistan is a failure. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with John Sopko of the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.
An Ambassador On Leaving The Trump Administration
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with John Feeley, former U.S. ambassador to Panama, about why he left the Trump administration.
Ireland Resoundingly Votes To Legalize Abortion
The country has some of the strictest laws on abortion in the developed world. But that will change, after 66.4 percent of voters chose to repeal a constitutional amendment.
North And South Korean Leaders Hold Surprise Meeting
South Korea announced Saturday that President Moon Jae-in held a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an effort to keep diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang alive.
Trump's Off-And-On North Korea Meeting
NPR's Scott Simon talks with former Ambassador Wendy Sherman of Albright Stonebridge Group about President Trump's planned meeting with Kim Jong Un.
Enforcing Sanctions On Iran
Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, how difficult will it be to enforce sanctions? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Treasury Department adviser Elizabeth Rosenberg.
Polls Show Likely Abortion Law Change In Ireland
Ireland has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world. Pro-abortion-rights groups have campaigned for decades to repeal the country's Eighth Amendment. Now voters have decided.
Egypt's LGBT Crackdown
Ahmed Alaa describes hoisting a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo as the "best five minutes of his life." Now he faces years in prison and says his family and his life have been destroyed.