Christopher Luxon will be the nation's prime minister after a decisive election victory. People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.
We look at how the White House is considering an expanded war in the Middle East, as well as President Biden's immigration plan and the latest on the quest for a new Republican House Speaker.
Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated by the defeat of a referendum that would have created a committee to offer advice on policies that affect Indigenous people.
Two candidates are vying for the presidency in Ecuador's elections this weekend, amid rising violence, turf battles by drug cartels and gangs — and more reports of extortion, kidnappings and worse.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mustafa Barghouti, a doctor and leader of the the Palestinian National Initiative, about the humanitarian and political crisis in Gaza.