The U.N. Development Programme is helping clear debris and rebuild infrastructure in Gaza. NPR speaks with Jaco Cilliers who helps lead the project.

As economic strains and pressure with the U.S. builds, China's Communist Party leaders will meet next week to discuss the country's economic path forward.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., Friday. He wants U.S. weapons that can reach farther inside Russia to put pressure on Moscow to end the war.

President Trump scored a win in Gaza, but can he do the same in Ukraine? NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the future of the Russia-Ukraine war with Michael McFaul, the former ambassador to Russia.

The White House cites drug enforcement, but analysts say the military buildup just off the coast of Venezuela recalls a return to gunboat diplomacy.

Daniel Duggan, an ex-Marine, is accused of conspiring with others to train Chinese military pilots between 2010 and 2012.

A shaky ceasefire is holding. Now the Palestinian territory is in urgent need of a functioning government, order on the streets, and resources to start rebuilding the shattered territory.

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela by authorizing covert CIA operations. And, a federal judge halts the Trump administration's shutdown layoffs.

President Trump appeared to confirm reports that he approved covert CIA operations inside Venezuela.

The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela comes after the U.S. military in recent weeks has carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.